Think about these perspectives on hope.

2. Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all. W. B. Yeats W. B. Yeats

3. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde

4. Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. Albert Einstein Albert Einstein

6. Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend. Thomas Chandler Haliburton Thomas Chandler Haliburton

7. Hope! of all ills that men endure The only cheap and universal cure. Abraham Cowley Abraham Cowley

8. Every thing that is done in the world is done by hope. Martin Luther Martin Luther

10. The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription. Norman Cousin Norman Cousin

11. Hope is an echo, hope ties itself yonder, yonder. Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg

12. Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson

14. We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes. John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy

15. Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell

16. The important thing is not that we can live on hope alone, but that life is not worth living without it. Harvey Milk Harvey Milk

18. Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be. Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche

19. No hope, no action. Peter Levi Peter Levi

20. Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man. Pliny the Elder Pliny the Elder Pliny the Elder

22. Hope is the positive mode of awaiting the future. Emil Brunner Emil Brunner Emil Brunner

23. Man can embody truth but he cannot know it. W. B. Yeats W. B. Yeats W. B. Yeats W. B. Yeats

24. If we were logical, the future would be bleak indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work. Jacques Cousteau Jacques Cousteau

26. Hope is patience with the lamp lit. Tertullian Tertullian Tertullian

27. There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope. Baruch Spinoza Baruch Spinoza Baruch Spinoza

28. One should ... be able to see things as hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald

30. Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. Lin Yutang Lin Yutang Lin Yutang

31. Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable. Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson

32. Hope is desire and expectation rolled into one. Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce

34. Hope ... is not a feeling; it is something you do. Katherine Patterson Katherine Patterson Katherine Patterson Katherine Patterson

35. True hope is swift and flies with swallow's wings; Kings it makes Gods, and meaner creatures kings. William Shakespeare William Shakespeare William Shakespeare

36. Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope, and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable. John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy

38. Have hope. Though clouds environs now, And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put thou the shadow from thy brow - No night but hath its morn. J. C. F. von Schiller J. C. F. von Schiller J. C. F. von Schiller

39. Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing? Martin Marty Martin Marty Martin Marty

40. Hope is the poor man's bread. Thales Thales Thales Thales

42. Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. Anne Lamott Anne Lamott Anne Lamott

43. He that lives upon hope will die fasting. Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin

44. I have learned two lessons in my life: first, there are no sufficient literary, psychological, or historical answers to human tragedy, only moral ones. Second, just as despair can come to one another only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel

46. Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired. Erik H. Erikson Erik H. Erikson Erik H. Erikson

47. All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy Day all lived with a promise in their hearts that guided them toward the future without the need to know exactly what it would look like. Let's live with hope. Henri J. M. Nouwen Henri J. M. Nouwen Henri J. M. Nouwen

48. He that lives upon hope will die fasting. Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin

50. The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

51. The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. Barbara Kingsolver Barbara Kingsolver Barbara Kingsolver

52. Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment. Napoleon 1 Napoleon 1 Napoleon 1 Napoleon 1

54. Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work. Rita Mae Brown Rita Mae Brown Rita Mae Brown

55. Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms, if you only let them. William James William James William James

56. There is no hope of joy except in human relations. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Antoine de Saint-Exupery Antoine de Saint-Exupery Antoine de Saint-Exupery