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“Men make promises according to their hopes and keep them according to their fears.”
L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000) said by 2000 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The shadow represents my strangeness and my creativity—my soul, which I used to run from in hopes of learning how to fit in.”
Liana Finck (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When the white man landed on the shores of the New World, an eclipse, blacker than any that ever darkened the sun, blighted the hopes and happiness of the native people, races then living in tranquility upon their own soil.”
Eli S. Ricker (1843–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that our hopes, but perhaps also those of the Pope, are based above all on one aspect, namely that the other is never an enemy: he is "other", "other than us", different and probably also has different existential positions, but he remains a child of God, a man, a created being, with whom it is always worth seeking dialogue to solve problems.”
Paolo Pezzi (born 1960) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Archbishop Pezzi: leave a door open to dialogue; the other is never an enemy (6 May 2022) Fides News Agency
“hopes for peace: hand clasped in hand firmer than fist on a gun or club, hand raised in greeting stronger than hand raised for violence”
Lisa Suhair Majaj (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He relapsed into a silence in which his hopes scattered like mice into holes.”
Paul Scott (novelist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I use my words to raise the alarm on the conflicts of our time...in the hopes that someone might hear something that moves them.”
Emtithal Mahmoud (born 1993) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://africa.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2021/03/ten-african-women-leaders-we-admire Africa UN women press ( March 19, 2021).
“I believe that all of today's movements are important. What is needed is unity to achieve the independence of our nation. Some times posters, other times fires, strikes, votes, all that is necessary. My hopes lie with the youth, because you have the ability to carry the word onward.”
Blanca Canales (1906–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you’re working on membership and you’re talking to people who want to join or you’re working at the preschool, the religious school, people just start talking to you, good and bad, about what they think, what their desires are, what their hopes, what they’re worried about”
Jacky Rosen (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The people at the sit-in were like our children. We had suffered severely under the last regime, and we had hopes for change.”
Awadeya Mahmoud (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It has been sickening to see hopes grow dim under the hammering of reality, to see a generation lose its first grand fire and sink into apathy, cynicism. One asks oneself if man has the staying power ever to realize his ideals.”
Ida Tarbell (1857–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women are not homogenous. We do not all have the same values, desires, hopes, viewpoints.”
Sandra Masters wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The march of events has at length brought us face to face with the question which cannot be said to be one of public expediency and of military necessity. To-day the question presented to us is one of abstract right and wrong. The republican party must proclaim as its watchword universal liberty if it ever hopes to win, and if it ever repudiates that watchword it must die.”
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (1842–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I will always treasure the match against Algeria when I came off the bench in the away game in Algiers and was credited with two assists that gave my team, Starlets hopes for the Awcon in a 2-2 draw. I still remember it very well.”
Esse Akida (born 1992) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How Akida brushed aside stereotype to rise in women footballThe Star(19 September 2024 )
“Every company hopes that each individual can become a client.”
Paula Ingabire (born 1983) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How to Close the Digital Gender Gap: A Conversation with Paula Ingabire ALX (March 26, 2023)
“Concerning Rwanda, I realized that someone who comes from a poor country has no rights, from the point of view of humanity, of society, of the international community, because all the interventions, all hopes of aid were based on [national] interests, not on human compassion.”
Monique Mujawamariya (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With an actor carrying our frustrations, fears, desires and hopes, we can let go of the fight- at least for a little while. The role of an actor in society should not be underestimated”
Eliane Umuhire (born 1986) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: July is promising to be a busy month for local actor, dancer and dance instructor Eliane Umuhire. As a member of the Mashirika Performing Arts and Media Company, she will be part of the cast of ‘Imbabazi’, the musical b…
“The hopes and aspirations of the Rwandan youth today and admired the work that FORA is involved in to make this a reality”
Aurore Mutesi Kayiranga (born 1990) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: friends-of-rwanda-association-celebrates-20-years-of-giving The Rwanda Embassy, (November 21,2015)
“I am ready for the marathon...my management has been able to get me a race in Amsterdam and I want to see how my body will react to it. I have hopes of doing well, but am also not certain how it will go. It is my first marathon race.”
Linet Masai (born 1989) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Zh, Champ Masai to debut in Amsterdam marathon, steeplechaser Kemboi eyes road races, XinhuaNet, September 28, 2018.
“basically, language is an inadequate and limited instrument. No matter what language a writer speaks, she always hopes that it will be universal, that it will transcend the particular ethnic barriers that language creates.”
Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Denial is also the instinctual impulse to reject or discount information that calls into question our hopes, assumptions, or expectations about the future.”
Michael Dowd (1958–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want to be a team player, and hopes to get everybody working with me, and to encourage them to do things right, and at the right time; no matter how difficult.”
Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Awareness of the self is more acutely at the heart of things than it has ever been before. On the foundation of self-awareness alone rest all our hopes for a new politics, a new society, a revitalized life. If we do not genuinely know ourselves, the void will now, at last, surely rise up to meet us. ("Why Do These Men Hate Women?")”
Vivian Gornick (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Unhappy they who raise their hopes upon the shifting sand.”
J. E. Casely Hayford (1866–1930) said by 1930 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One hopes to see from what has been done, what can be done.”
Richard Hunt first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1967: The Sculpture of Richard Hunt (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1971), 13–15
“Alarms begin to operate a little. The fond hopes of instantaneously subduing America are very much subsided. The Conduct of France begins to be deemed liable to suspicion.”
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782) first seen 1777 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to the Duke of Portland (4 March 1777), quoted in S. Arthur Strong, A Catalogue of Letters and other Historical Documents Exhibited in the Library at Welbeck (1903), p. 134
“Our dreams are never realized and as soon as we see them betrayed we realize that the intensest joys of our life have nothing to do with reality. No sooner do we see them betrayed than we are consumed with regret for the time when they glowed within us. And in this succession of hopes and regrets our life slips by.”
Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that the image I create must contain within it everything man concerns himself with: his hopes, his fears, his tears. And I find that a great deal of the imagery in use today precludes most of these concerns.”
Ben Shahn (1898–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You get into that position and you don't want to get your hopes up because everything is so fickle in the industry.”
Sasha Pieterse (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Rose remembered Tom Paine, who was in danger of being forgotten for his radical hopes for the American Revolution. In a similar spirit, we remember Rose, in honor of those aspects of her vision of a free womanhood that have not yet been realized and that continue to inspire. To remember our ancestors is an act on our own behalf as well as theirs.”
Ellen DuBois (born 1947) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Forward to Mistress of Herself: Speeches and Letters of Ernestine L. Rose, Early Women's Rights Leader (2008)
“We aim to encourage both local and international investment in the creative economy, which involves creating favourable policies, providing financial support, and facilitating partnerships between artists, entrepreneurs, and investors. By doing so, the Ministry hopes to contribute to the overall development of the creative economy in Rwanda,”
Sandrine Umutoni first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Minister talks priorities, investments as arts portfolio moves to Ministry of Youth The New Times (December, 21, 2023)
“We aim to encourage both local and international investment in the creative economy, which involves creating favorable policies, providing financial support, and facilitating partnerships between artists, entrepreneurs, and investors. By doing so, the Ministry hopes to contribute to the overall development of the creative economy in Rwanda.”
Sandrine Umutoni first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Minister talks priorities, investments as arts portfolio moves to Ministry of Youth(December 21,2023)
“Children carry the hopes for our brighter tomorrow and the dreams of our happy future.”
Dupe Olusola (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The nobility and wealth that one acquires by one's own work no one hates them, because everyone hopes for them...”
Federico De Roberto (1861–1927) said by 1927 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There needn't be a fear of ethics. It doesn't mean you're uncompetitive. Quite the reverse, one hopes.”
Claire Ighodaro wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My hopes and dreams as a child were simple: to be a difference- maker for good. I’ve always had empathy for the under- served and determined to do something about it through advocacy and action. Coming from a region where there’s a lot to be done, I feel that there are huge opportunities for the private sector to work alongside governments while doing well entrepreneurially.”
Chinwe Ohajuruka (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Without concrete and sustained peace and stability, Africa's economic growth and poverty eradication will remain unfulfilled dreams. They will make our promises empty and a betrayal to the African masses. We must act collectively to nurture their hopes and make their dreams come true.”
Sam Nujoma (1929–2025) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement at 59th Session of the United Nations General Assembly" (2004)
“To a mind such as Henry’s Thomas’s preference for principle, even to the point of personal disloyalty, was incomprehensible. Within the black and white cavities of the king’s mind the idea was forming that Becket must have been carrying on a false front all these years in hopes of greater preferment, and that his present rejection of the secular office was an act of disloyalty and even treason.”
Henry II of England (1133–1189) said by 1189 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nay, men, if any of you had heeded what I was ever foretelling and advising, ye would now neither be fearing a single man nor putting your hopes in a single man.”
Cato the Younger (95–46 BC) said by 46 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bernadotte Perrin, ed. Plutarch's Lives, Vol. 8, LCL 100 (1919), pp. 247, 361
“By the end of 1915, none of the original combatants was fighting the war that had been wanted or expected. Hopes of quick victory had been dashed, new enemies had appeared, new fronts had opened.”
John Keegan (1934–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My burden was not the issue of all the drama, it’s the millions of Rivers people who had made sacrifices and it looks as if their hopes are being dashed. They were the ones I was worried about. What will be their fate? It’s not about me.”
Siminalayi Fubara (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The hopes of our people do not sleep. The burdens of governance do not take leave.”
Godswill Akpabio (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To be clear, I won the election...a lot of hopes and dreams of Thais all around the world...didn't translate into governance here in Thailand.”
Pita Limjaroenrat (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Asian situation - cultural, religious and social - is relatively congenial to the preaching of the Good News of the Kingdom of God preached by Jesus Christ and rendered present in His person and life, as it is fulfilling the aspirations and hopes of the Asian people steeped in the misery of poverty. Hence the Church should take it as its supreme task.”
Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil (1935–2007) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: - H. Exc. Most Rev. Cyril Baselios MALANCHARUVIL, O.I.C., Archbishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankars (25 April 1998) Press Office of the Holy See
“Men are deceived by unreasonable hopes.”
Richard Duppa (1770–1831) said by 1831 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I sponsor a bill, I do it in hopes that I will change our country for the better.”
Fatimat Raji-Rasaki (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Within the next few days Marshal Zhukov was to launch the great Russian counteroffensive which began on December 6th. ... The turning point in the East had been reached: our hopes of knocking Russia out of the war in 1941 had been dashed.”
Günther Blumentritt (1892–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I thank God that we have been paid after a very long time. For now I am preparing to compete at the Milan marathon with hopes of better results”
Emily Chebet (born 1986) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: All smiles as Eldoret City marathon winners collect their prizes,10 March 2023
“Receiving a Whitley Award has given me, and my team, hopes of saving this precious creature from extinction and we are very grateful for the support.”
Iroro Tanshi (born 1984) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nigerian conservationist wins £40,000 award. 14 May 2021, Punch Newspaper.
“I did not have much vision, I did not even look up to something because I did not have hopes of going to secondary school, so how could I have a dream when I was not seeing any future.”
Maud Kamatenesi Mugisha (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source