99 Hope Quotes

1.  The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It's not change, and it's not hope. Rush Limbaugh
2. Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. Robert Green Ingersoll
3. I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife. E. O. Wilson
4. I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here. Madeleine Albright
5. Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good. Calvin Coolidge
6. When I go to a concert, I can't help but feel happy and everything else just goes away. I hope everyone feels that way at my concerts. Victoria Justice
7. To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. Gilbert K. Chesterton
8. What you hope for, like Unforgiven did a lot to give you a chance to do it again sometime. Lawrence Kasdan
9. I think there's been a decline in the public's access to what's being done with their tax dollars, what's being done in their name. I hope that that will be repaired. Bill Keller
10. I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be. Thomas Jefferson
11. Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem. David D. Burns
12. Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior. William Shenstone
13. All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from. Aaliyah
14. I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life. Robert Capa
15. I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience. Paul Thomas Anderson
16. Hope is the dream of a waking man. Aristotle
17. Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers. Robert Green Ingersoll
18. I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people. Chief Joseph
19. My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave. Tahar Ben Jelloun
20. Things start out as hopes and end up as habits. Lillian Hellman
21. If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it. Doug Coupland
22. The moment that changed me for ever was the moment my first child was born. I was happy, filled with hope, and thought, 'Now I understand the whole point of work, of life, of love.' Paul Theroux
23. I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody liked me. Brian Clough
24. Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth. Bradley Whitford
25. I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played. Virgil Thomson
26. I'll always stay connected with Apple. I hope that throughout my life I'll sort of have the thread of my life and the thread of Apple weave in and out of each other, like a tapestry. There may be a few years when I'm not there, but I'll always come back. Steve Jobs
27. On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we're going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future. Barack Obama
28. My book 'Trust Your Heart', which is the story of my life, will be followed by 'Singing Lessons', a memoir of love, loss, hope, and healing, which talks about the death of my son and the hope that has been the aftermath of the healing from that tragedy. Judy Collins
29. Before I do a play I say that I hope it's going to be for as short a time as possible but, once you do it, it is a paradoxical pleasure. One evening out of two there are five minutes of a miracle and for those five minutes you want to do it again and again. It's like a drug. Isabelle Huppert
30. Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I hope I'll be around making art when I'm 80. Anish Kapoor
31. Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out. Christopher Reeve
32. Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest. Sarah Ban Breathnach
33. Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. Martin Luther
34. The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on. Warren Buffett
35. Uncertainty is the refuge of hope. Henri Frederic Amiel
36. All human wisdom is summed up in two words wait and hope. Alexandre Dumas
37. Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater. William Ralph Inge
38. There is no word for feeling nostalgic about the future, but that's what a parent's tears often are, a nostalgia for something that has not yet occurred. They are the pain of hope, the helplessness of hope, and finally, the surrender to hope. Michael Ian Black
39. God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. Chester W. Nimitz
40. Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. George Will
41. Hope will never be silent. Harvey Milk
42. My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
43. I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me. Conrad Black
44. I hope to focus on what I'm passionate about because I think I'd do them best job on them - education, urban education, women and children's issues and literacy. Jenna Bush
45. But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope. Dave Matthews
46. You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. Woodrow Wilson
47. There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. George Eliot
48. The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope. Frank Lloyd Wright
49. You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own. Michelle Obama
50. Hope is a risk that must be run. Georges Bernanos
51. Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future. Michael Morpurgo
52. In fact, it works the other way: A government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle class and those who hope to join it. Mitch Daniels
53. War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms. Niccolo Machiavelli
54. The only thing I hope I did was never put in question my love for the game, or my passion to be counted on when it mattered most. Curt Schilling
55. No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it's the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope. Josh Radnor
56. I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. Benjamin Disraeli
57. This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last. Oscar Wilde
58. It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart. Jonathan Carroll
59. Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check. Baltasar Gracian
60. A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible. Maria Sharapova
61. He who has health, has hope and he who has hope, has everything. Thomas Carlyle
62. Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it. Aaron Carter
63. We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way in stopping the horror and the brutality. Wallace Shawn
64. I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure. George W. Bush
65. Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope. Bernard Berenson
66. I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation. Jayson Blair
67. I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. Nikos Kazantzakis
68. People tend to overstate my resilience, but, of course, I hope they're right. David Brudnoy
69. I hope that at the end of the seven years, people will say that I have been of some inspirational value to them at home in terms of inclusiveness and abroad, I look forward to representing Ireland. Michael D. Higgins
70. If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got. Kurt Cobain
71. I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable. J. J. Abrams
72. In live action movies, you just hope that everything works. Because the actor may had a bad morning and doesn't play good, or accidents happen continuously. Many things contradict what you are trying to say. But in cartoons, nothing contradict what you want to say. John Hench
73. Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man. Victor Hugo
74. If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace. Gustav Stresemann
75. The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits. John Gay
76. My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. Jack Layton
77. It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. Ursula K. Le Guin
78. Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace. James Russell Lowell
79. Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death. Pearl S. Buck
80. I hope I never get so old I get religious. Ingmar Bergman
81. Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings. Gustave Flaubert
82. Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one. John Lennon
83. I'm terrible as I never take my make-up off at night, which I know is really dreadful. Whenever I'm out partying I just can't be bothered and now I am on 'Loose Women' that tends to be all the time. I hope next year holds even more parties for me. Carol Vorderman
84. I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked. Alphonse Karr
85. When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is. Ayn Rand
86. Among physicists, I'm respected I hope. Stephen Hawking
87. I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. Dalai Lama
88. Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale. Will Durst
89. I've seen the ticket, and I still can't believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don't hit the floor. Judy Garland
90. It's true that General Musharraf opposes my return, seeing me as a symbol of democracy in the country. He is comfortable with dictatorship. I hope better sense prevails. Benazir Bhutto
91. I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound. Chelsea Clinton
92. When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope. M. Night Shyamalan
93. There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round. Paul Auster
94. I'm a romantic a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't. F. Scott Fitzgerald
95. I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him. Francois Rabelais
96. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. Albert Einstein
97. Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future. Bob Riley
98. No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that. Ed Koch
99. Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. Jane Austen