Hope Quotes

I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living.

In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the other hand, there still exists in many parts of the U.S., if not nationally, an attitude towards the concept of justice which can only be described as a 'culture of vengeance.'

Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.

I hope that not only my documentaries, but everybody's documentaries, last. It will really confuse historians in the next century, because they'll have, in addition to all the print material, they'll have all these pictures to look at.

Our hope, and it's a sad hope, is that... well, I mean we need a tip. That's why we have such a big reward. We just hope that someone is holding her for her child and that we can, you know, get her back with a tip.

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.

This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.