Quotes About Hope

Revolutionary suicide does not mean that I and my comrades have a death wish; it means just the opposite. We have such a strong desire to live with hope and human dignity that existence without them is impossible. When reactionary forces crush us, we must move against these forces, even at the risk of death. We will have to be driven out with a stick.

Looking back, I see that my friends and I were all in the same boat—heading for hell on earth and trying to reach heaven in church.

Sorrows come and will come, but faith is not made perfect till they are driven out by the strong hand of joy.

Fear, which blights life and darkens death, is killed by love, as the cloud is dispersed by the sunshine.

Am I athletic? In my dreams.

We were happy when he first came. We first thought he came from the Light; but he comes like the dusk of the evening now, not like the dawn of the morning. He comes like a day that has passed, and night enters our future with him… Plains Chieftain, c. 1870

When a miracle happens, even if not to you, its nature is to naturally expand. You can almost feel the warmth on your face.

In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined a sweeter life.

Nurturing gratitude is preparation for the worst of days, the building of a compass that will be necessary to get back to life after the deep sorrow abates.

I may be proven wrong, but I may be proven right.

My parents were drawn to the idea that there was space and opportunity in Australia. For the meagre sum of &pound10, you could sail your entire family out to Australia, so that's what my father chose to do.

Acting is something I love. It's a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I don't think it's any greater challenge than teaching 8-year-olds or any other career. In my life, I try not to make it more important than it is and I just hope that rubs off on the people around me.

Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.

You hope that your teenage self would like and forgive your 50-year-old self.

I saw a man this morning Who did not wish to die" Patrick Shaw-Stewart

Childbirth is full of optimism, full of light, of faith in Christ, of battling and overcoming.

We gaan zien. Wij gaan zien. Toch.

As far as my divorce goes, I love my family and I love my wife to death and I just don't know what tomorrow's going to bring.

Things are never so bad they can't be made worse.

Gandalf faced and suffered death; and came back or was sent back, as he says, with enhanced power. But though one may be in this reminded of the Gospels, it is not really the same thing at all. The Incarnation of God is an infinitely greater thing than anything I would dare to write. Here I am only concerned with Death as part of the nature, physical and spiritual, of Man, and with Hope without guarantees. Letter 181 To Michael Straight [drafts]

There cannot be any 'story' without a fall – all stories are ultimately about the fall – at least not for human minds as we know them and have them. Letter 130 From a letter to Sir Stanley Unwin

There cannot be any 'story' without a fall – all stories are ultimately about the fall – at least not for human minds as we know them and have them. Letter 131 To Milton Waldman

Progress is not motivated by money. Progress comes from those who are happy to embark on a course of action without quite knowing where it will lead, without doing a feasibility study, without fear of failure or too much hope of reward.

Cambodia possesses now the rights to look far into the future and everything for making a future construction is waiting for the Cambodian own efforts.