Quotes About Hope

There's plenty about my life I can't change. Can't bring the dead back to life on this earth. Can't make the world loving and kind. Can't change myself into a millionaire. But a patch of ground in this trashy lot -- I can change that. Can change it big. Better to put my time into that than moaning about the other all day.

But determination can make the miraculous possible.

My class had sprouted lima beans in paper cups the year before. I now placed a bean in each of the holes. I covered them up, pressing the soil down firmly with my fingertips. I opened my thermos and watered them all. And I vowed to myself that those beans would thrive.

Suicide is a solution. No matter what anyone tells you, suicide does solve problems; at least, it solves your problems. And if you succeed, it solves them once and for all.

they're saving perfection for us in the next life.

Hers was the bliss of one who knew that at last she was off upon the adventure at the end of which lay her heart's desire'.

she could not see how much there was to live for, that she was young and that one could build anew upon the ashes of failure

Looking back, it is in the understanding of human sexuality, its subversion really, that Barack Obama left his stamp upon the United States. One can hope the stamp is not indelible.

On the other hand, we should never discount the power of dishonesty. Right-wing media will portray whomever the Democrats nominate for president as the second coming of Leon Trotsky, and millions of people will believe them. Let's just hope that the rest of the media report the clean little secret of American socialism, which is that it isn't radical at all.

We keep looking for justice, but it's nothing but stormy nights and dark alleys out there.

Remember me, that you shall know when you face the darkness that the light shall never die.

When the people decide to live, Destiny will obey, Darkness will disappear And chains will be broken.

And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light that shines on me. Shine until tomorrow, let it be

And when the night is cloudy There is still a light That shines on me Shine on till tomorrow, Let It Be...

As a boy, I thought everyone's family was like that, until I met people like John and realised that wasn't true, and perhaps it was the contrast of our different outlooks that produced a kind of magic. But I was born into that way of thinking, that it'll be okay in the end. Tragedy can happen but the page will turn, and I love that.

The future belongs to the one most fully alive in the present.

Worry is absence of faith.

By the time you've figured out how the world works, you've already lost about everything you've hope to keep.

Those who make us believe that anything's possible and fire our imagination over the long haul, are often the ones who have survived the bleakest of circumstances. The men and women who have every reason to despair, but don't, may have the most to teach us, not only about how to hold true to our beliefs, but about how such a life can bring about seemingly impossible social change.

Hope isn't an abstract theory about where human aspirations end and the impossible begins; it's a never-ending experiment, continually expanding the boundaries of the possible.

Possibility is the oxygen upon which hope thrives.

Even in a seemingly futile moment or losing cause, one person may unknowingly inspire another, and that person yet a third, who could go on to change the world, or at least a small corner of it. Mandela called this process "the multiplication of courage.

Sometimes we achieve the impossible sooner than we expect. Knowing that can stiffen our resolve. But it can also tempt us to place too much emphasis on outcomes; it can cause us to become unduly impatient, brittle, setback easily breaking our will. A deeper, more farseeing hope, by contrast, combines realism with resilience, acknowledging terror and suffering without giving in to them.

Whether the challenge is political or personal, effective remedies differ from individual to individual. But solutions always involve altering perspective, replacing tunnel vision with an expanded view that lets in more light and more possibilities—the oxygen upon which hope thrives.