Hope
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I wait every year for summer and it is usually good, but it is never as good as that summer I am always waiting for.
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A single light can illuminate the greatest darkness. But the greatest darkness cannot darken a single light.
Encouragement, Hope, Inspiration
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On what principle is it that, when we see nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us?
Decline, History, Hope, Improvement, Principles
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There is always hope.Otherwise, why get up in the morning?
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We may not be as good as our tomorrow, but we are definitely better than our yesterday
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Hope and fear march in unison like a prisoner and the escort he's handcuffed to. Both project our thoughts far ahead of us instead of adapting ourselves to the present.
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One cannot go on indefinitely as a tenant for life in a fool’s paradise.
Hope, Uncomprehending, Unrealistic
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We live by encouragement and die without it – slowly, sadly, and angrily.
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Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is another day with no mistakes in it yet?
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The great thing to remember is that things aren’t as bad as they were in the 14th century.
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Fortunately there is that about hope. It is never satisfied. It is met sometimes, but never satisfied.
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‘Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed’ was the ninth beatitude.
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Whenever I am sad and weary, when I think all hope is gone,
When I walk along High Holborn, I think of you with nothing on.
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Every nice girl’s ambition.
[on seeing John Masefield’s gravestone inscribed ‘Laid by the Poet Laureate’]
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Hope and fear are inseparable and there is no fear without hope and no hope without fear.
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Hope may be a lying jade, but she does at any rate lead us to the end of our lives along a pleasant path.
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Hope is itself, a species of happiness and perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.
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Hope is a good breakfast but it is a bad supper.
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Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops – at all.
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Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet.
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There is light at the end of every tunnel. Some tunnels just happen to be longer than others.
