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Hope24 quotes
Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never is, but always to be blessed. — Alexander Pope · 1733Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle · 240Hope raises no dust. — Paul Eluard · 1946I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world. — James Joyce · 1915Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent. — Mignon McLaughlin · 1963All 24 quotes →Hopelessness and despair5 quotes
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri · 1321The worst have lost their fear and the best have lost their hope. — Hannah Arendt · 1951We never have despair without some small hope. — Pier Paolo Pasolini · 1961Providence has given human wisdom the choice between two fates: either hope and agitation, or hopelessness and calm. — Yevgeny Baratynsky · 1823To acquiesce in despair is the very way to make despairing forecasts come true. — Bertrand Russell · 1951Fear2 quotes
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677Don't ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn't. — Michelle Obama · 2008Political progress2 quotes
Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up. — Studs Terkel · 2003History says, Don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme. — Seamus Heaney · 1990Politics2 quotes
Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up. — Studs Terkel · 2003Our original guiding stars are struggle and hope. — Pablo Neruda · 1971Progress2 quotes
History says, Don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme. — Seamus Heaney · 1990Our original guiding stars are struggle and hope. — Pablo Neruda · 1971Decisions and choices1 quote
Don't ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn't. — Michelle Obama · 2008Decline of civilization1 quote
The worst have lost their fear and the best have lost their hope. — Hannah Arendt · 1951Definition1 quote
Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent. — Mignon McLaughlin · 1963Desire1 quote
I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world. — James Joyce · 1915Disillusionment1 quote
The worst have lost their fear and the best have lost their hope. — Hannah Arendt · 1951Expectations1 quote
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises, and oft it hits
Where hope is coldest and despair most shifts. — William Shakespeare · 1616Faith1 quote
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore, we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. — Reinhold Niebuhr · 1952Fighting for justice1 quote
Our original guiding stars are struggle and hope. — Pablo Neruda · 1971Giving up1 quote
To acquiesce in despair is the very way to make despairing forecasts come true. — Bertrand Russell · 1951Hell1 quote
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Hope springs eternal1 quote
While there's life, there's hope. — Cicero · 49 BCHope vs. fear1 quote
Don't ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn't. — Michelle Obama · 2008Justice1 quote
Our original guiding stars are struggle and hope. — Pablo Neruda · 1971Love1 quote
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore, we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. — Reinhold Niebuhr · 1952Yin and yang1 quote
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677