Quotes About Hope

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the courage to realize that love and nonviolence are not indicators of weakness but gifts of significant strength.

Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree that those who value it volunteer their existence as living examples of the same... Peace ends with the unraveling of individual hope and the emergence of the will to worship violence as a healer of private and social dis-ease.

Rainbows introduce us to reflections of different beautiful possibilities so we never forget that pain and grief are not the final options in life.

Between death and hell a bridge shining silver wings offers his soul hope.

The acknowledgement of a single possibility can change everything.

We can cry for years but sometimes gotta smile too.

Authentic inspiration endows individuals with mental or spiritual energy which they are then able to transform into positive action. It can make all the difference between a man, woman, or child allowing despair to permanently paralyze any dreams they may have for their lives, or, exercising sufficient strength of will to make those dreams a reality.

In an age of bombs guzzling blood, skylarks merge peace with thought and action.

Each new year is another chance to get love right.

Your tears are muscles, hinged on wings lunar and solar. Your touch: life and death. (from poem Angel of Mercy)

If it wasn't for all those silver wings spread out to help you on your journey, you would'a been dead or someplace screamin' in a nut house a long time ago.

Throughout my life, I've been a dreamer and a seeker, sharing my hopes of a better future for literature in Nepal. My concern is for humanity and I'm a person with optimism.

As long as we have MEMORIES, yesterday REMAINS and as long as we have HOPE, tomorrow AWAITS.

Grief is not a pleasure, but it makes me remember, and I am grateful.

A couple of years ago my sister Judy and I were each given a box of truffles. The tiny print said two pieces contained 310 calories and there were six pieces in each box. We were sitting on the bus headed downtown, quietly doing our calculations: Judy was dividing by two and I was multiplying by three. When she realized what I was doing, a look came over her face that is hard to describe. 'I lost all hope for you' she says now.

Shopping is hope.

I was a great dreamer of day dreams.

I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope, in the world?

The signs look better. The Father of Waters [the Mississippi River] again goes unvexed to the sea.

I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

That's the funny thing about America--the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for all the others. I've had my share of angels.