With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.
Copy Quote View & ShareOptimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
Copy Quote View & ShareLittle progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
Copy Quote View & ShareI 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.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt's time to get real, folks. Hope and change ain't working. Hope and change is not a solution. Hope and change is not a job.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.
Copy Quote View & ShareAt the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
Copy Quote View & ShareBut Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhile it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.
Copy Quote View & ShareHope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.
Copy Quote View & ShareIsn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity.
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