Quotes About Hope

Like a child playing find-and-catch, it was my sincere hope that if I closed my eyes and remained perfectly still, the pain wouldn't be able to find me.

I smelled burning hair and hoped I hadn't lost my eyebrows. I didn't want to spend the next month looking constantly surprised.

I do not hope that this will be the one, for hoping is a foolish game.

It seems to me a person needs something to be happy about, and I don't have any such thing.

This story is for all the slightly broken people out there. I am one of you. You are not alone. You are all beautiful to me. Pat Rothfuss June, 2014 P.

All men press, one way or another," she said with mock severity. "They're still keeping to their book then?" Denna's expression grew rueful and she sighed. "I used to hope they'd disregard the book with age. Instead I've found they've merely turned a page.

I was like a sparrow in a storm, unable to find a safe branch to cling to. Unable to control the tumbling motion of my flight.

What have I done? The adulation of my peers below has been a waste of hours. Could I recall the moments I have carelessly cast away, I could but hope to spend them in a wiser way, and warm myself in light that rivals light of day.

So they clutched at her like shipwrecked sailors, clinging to the rocks despite the fact that they are being battered to death against them.

y en algunos sitios era tal la desesperación que las madres ya no lograban reunir suficiente esperanza para ponerles nombres a sus hijos.

The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our chilhood behind.

Se había esfumado el resto de temor, desvanecido el desaliento y la sombría preocupación que le habían atormentado como a un viejo senil y tembloroso, evaporado la niebla de tristes presagios en la que se había movido a tientas durante semanas. Ahora se encontraba en terreno conocido y se sentía capaz de afrontar cualquier reto.

El sueño habría puesto en peligro el espíritu del éxito

God gives good times and bad times, but He does not wish us to bemoan and bewail the bad times, but to prove ourselves men.

Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse.

How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.

I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, not lived in the shadow of cancer but in the light.

I don't like to say goodbye," said Lunay. "You prefer 'Until we meet again'?" asked Cindy. "No, I'm rather partial to keep a banana in your pocket so if we meet again I'll know you're happy to see me.

Maireann dóchas is gliodar. Translated into English it meant hope & happiness never die.

When you see true evil, it changes you forever. It wants to make sure laughter and joy die a violent death, but the best it can manage is to put them on life support. It's up to the rest of us to make sure they don't stay there." -John Murphy, Bartender at Bulfinche's Pub

No, the world is not perfect, but at least there are those who are trying. You can find some of them bellying up to the bar in a place called Bulfinche's Pub. Follow the brightest rainbow in the sky. Let it lead you past the ills of the world to a safe haven where the drinks are cold, the food hot, and the company exceptional. The bartenders are pretty darn good, too. Next time the pot of gold calls to you, come in and see us. First drink is on the house.

Over the door of Bulfinche's Pub, there was a saying in Gaelic, Maireann dóchas is gliodar. Translated it means hope and happiness never die. There have been times of late that they seemed to be on life support. With luck, they'd make a full recovery and spread all around our world. Corny? Yep, but I've been called worse. And honestly, if things were a little more corny, we might all be a bit better off.

The way you deal with a scare is the way you deal with a laugh. The timing has to be perfect. When you're dealing with fear or laughter - emotions that happen spontaneously - you hope it's working. But in the moment, you really have no idea.

I guess that sometimes, even when we can see something is very wrong, it doesn't mean that God isn't at work executing a much greater plan.