The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope." ~ Samuel Johnson
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world. ~ Thomas Carlyle
Groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having. ~ John Perry Barlow
Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blest. ~ Alexander Pope
There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones. ~ Anwar Sadat
Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. ~ Elie Wiesel
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. ~ Benedict De Spinoza
Hope is patience with the lamp lit. ~ Tertullian
Great hopes make great men. ~ Thomas Fuller
Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic. ~ Norman Cousins
A leader is a dealer in hope. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Hope is only the love of life. ~ Henri-Frederic Amiel
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. ~ Francis Bacon
In a dark time, the eye begins to see. ~ Theodore Roethke
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. ~ Dalai Lama
Hope is an echo, hope ties itself yonder, yonder. ~ Carl Sandburg