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“What though our eyes with tears be wet? The sunrise never failed us yet.The blush of dawn may yet restore Our light and hope and joy once more. Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget That sunrise never failed us yet!”
Celia Thaxter (1835–1894) first seen 1878 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Sunrise Never Failed Us Yet" in Drift-Weed (1878), p. 64
“Napoleon’s troops fought in bright fields, where every helmet caught some gleams of glory; but the British soldier conquered under the cool shade of aristocracy. No honours awaited his daring, no despatch gave his name to the applauses of his countrymen; his life of danger and hardship was uncheered by hope, his death unnoticed.”
William Francis Patrick Napier (1785–1860) first seen 1810 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Peninsular War (1810), Vol. ii, Book xi, Chap. iii.
Also quoted by: Sir W. F. P. Napier
“Football gives the African people hope, a true motivation for their life.”
Marcel Desailly (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hopeless of all he dared to hope so long, The music born within him dies away; Even the song he loved becomes a pain, Full-freighted with a yearning all in vain.”
Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908) said by 1908 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's a hope for every woe, And a balm for every pain, But the first joys of our heart Come never back again!”
Robert Gilfillan (1798–1850) said by 1850 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Exile's Song, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“At end of Love, at end of Life, At end of Hope, at end of Strife, At end of all we cling to so— The sun is setting—must we go?At dawn of Love, at dawn of Life, At dawn of Peace that follows Strife, At dawn of all we long for so— The sun is rising—let us go.”
Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908) said by 1908 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So, I hope the Hindus have it right, because if there's any justice in this world, you will be reincarnated as a female, homosexual Jew, and then you'll find out what a pain it is having to deal with violent, primitive dickheads like you.”
Pat Condell (born 1949) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement to to domestically violent Muslim men, in "The religion of fear" (31 March 2008)
“Buddhism is an earnest struggle to win. This is what the Daishonin teaches. A Buddhist must not be defeated. I hope you will maintain an alert and winning spirit in your work and daily life, taking courageous action and showing triumphant actual proof time and again.”
Daisaku Ikeda (1928–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Significant discussions that foster mutual understanding are much more valuable than the self-complacent pronouncements of one person. Please conduct discussions that deeply penetrate the hearts of the participants — the kind that make them want to say :"That was really refreshing. I have so much hope now. That gave me confidence. I now have the strength to advance.”
Daisaku Ikeda (1928–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope that you will always speak the truth boldly, saying what needs to be said no matter whom you're addressing. When it comes to championing a just cause, you must never be cowardly, never fawn, never try to curry favor.”
Daisaku Ikeda (1928–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope you know that this has nothing to do with you.”
Fergie (born 1975) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Big Girls Don't Cry" (2006), from The Dutchess
“Apoplexie and lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.”
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590) said by 1590 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Du Bartas
“My lovely living boy, My hope, my hap, my love, my life, my joy.”
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590) said by 1590 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Du Bartas
“If he is mad, so much the better; and if he is mad, I hope to God he’ll bite some of my generals.”
George II of Great Britain (1683–1760) said by 1760 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The New-York Magazine (November 1791) p. 662.
“I hope I don't intrude?”
John Poole (1786–1872) said by 1872 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Ring of Truth (2004) by Joseph O'Day
“If all men were upon an equality in point of means, England would become what the wilds of America are, inhabited by wild men; nobody would work except just to provide food and raiment for the day; and our country would become the most beggarly upon the earth, instead of being what it formerly was (and I hope and trust will be again) the pride of its people and the envy of the world.”
William Cobbett (1763–1835) first seen 1831 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘To the Labourers of England’, Political Register (2 April 1831), p. 8
“They look quite promising in the shop, and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels sorry for them.”
Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Stately as a Galleon (1978), "English Lit." (of new clothes)
“Lightly I sped when hope was high And youth beguiled the chase,— I follow, follow still: But I Shall never see her face.”
Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–1895) said by 1895 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Unrealized Ideal; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 195.
“Every time I turn on the television and hear a manager from the lower divisions, they’ve usually got a Scottish accent. I don’t know the reason for that but let’s hope it continues. I like the philosophy of Scottish managers, they’ve always got this will to win and this work ethic, which I believe in.”
George Graham (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh I'm just a man, that's the way I was made. I'm not too good at sayin' what you need me to say. It's always right there on the tip of my tongue. It might go unsaid but it won't go undone. So when those three little words come so easy to you, I hope you know what I mean when I say, me too.”
Toby Keith (1961–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Emotions that make us human will never be duplicated by a machine. These include compassion, love, empathy, elation, sadness, fear, anger, disgust, pleasure, pride, excitement, embarrassment, regret, jealousy, grief, hope, and faith. Properly defined, creativity, sentience, and understanding are also on the list. These and other non-algorithmic traits are evidence of non-computable you.”
Robert J. Marks II (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I agree with Paul that love is more important than faith and hope; but so are honesty, integrity, and moral courage. The world needs less faith and more love and nobility.”
Walter Kaufmann (philosopher) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Translating hope into action is something Barack has done for his entire career.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to The Advocate (21 October 2008)
“We cannot sit back and hope that everything works out for the best. We cannot afford to be tired or frustrated or cynical.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being your First Lady has been the greatest honor of my life, and I hope I've made you proud.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At fifty-four, I am still in progress, and I hope that I always will be.” Perier. M (2020) Michelle Obama in 12 powerful quotes”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He'll never fall in love He swears, as he runs his fingers through his hair. I'm laughing 'cause I hope he's wrong. And I don't think it ever crossed his mind. He tells a joke, I fake a smile That I know all his favorite songs.”
Taylor Swift (born 1989) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I'd Lie (2007).
“And you stood there in front of me just Close enough to touch, Close enough to hope you couldn't see What I was thinking of.Drop everything now, Meet me in the pouring rain. Kiss me on the sidewalk, Take away the pain. 'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile.”
Taylor Swift (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Weathered faces lined in pain Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand. For they could not love you, But still your love was true And when no hope was left in sight, on that starry starry night You took your life as lovers often do, But I could have told you, Vincent, This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.”
Don McLean (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many people wanna make money, make love, make friends, make peace with death — But most mainly want to win the game they came to win they want to come out ahead. But you, you're a rock, with a heart like a socket I can plug into at will. And will you guess when I come around next. I hope your open sign is blinking still.”
St. Vincent (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Romeo, where'd you go? It's been years and still no sign, But I'm keeping hope alive.Juliet, how you been? You look like death like you sure could use some rest from this place human racing and the faces of people who pound at your door They always want more — they want more.”
St. Vincent (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We Germans will never forget what the Soviet Army has accomplished for Germany during the past 10 years. I hope that in spite of all present existing difficulties our thanks will be expressed in deed. I drink a toast to the well-being and the future of the great and glorious Soviet Army and of loyal comradeship in arms for today and in the future.”
Werner von Blomberg (1878–1946) said by 1946 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Germany plots with the Kremlin" - Page 49 - by Tete Harens Tetens - 1953
“I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me; If my bark sinks, 'tis to another sea.”
William Ellery Channing (poet) first seen 1843 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Poet's Hope", Poems (1843) p. 100
“Forgiveness is the release of all hope for a better past.”
Buddy Wakefield (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This winter I hope you get a splinter if you make a toboggan and it is a mahog'un”
John Hegley (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.”
Yves Saint-Laurent (1936–2008) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New York Magazine (November 28, 1983), p. 53.
“Faith, hope, and charity are the best weapons in the world to fight against intemperance.”
Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) first seen 1650 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Holy Living (1650) ch. 2, section 2.
“The ship of theory could set sail on tides of mathematical grandeur and hope alone, but only data could fill its sails.”
Gregory Benford (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you know nothing, you are free to hope.”
Gregory Benford (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe there is some ultimate ordering force for good in the universe - not a personal thing, not Buddha or Jesus, maybe something like order out of disorder. I like to hope that even if there's no personal afterlife, some energy impression is left in the universe... most people can pass on genes - I can pass on thoughts or what I write.”
Temple Grandin (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am very quiet. Let the months and years come, they can take nothing from me, they can take nothing more. I am so alone, and so without hope that I can confront them without fear. The life that has borne me through these years is still in my hands and my eyes. Whether I have subdued it, I know not. But so long as it is there it will seek its own way out, heedless of the will that is within me.”
Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nature knows no tragedies or catastrophes. It knows no good or evil. It knows only creation and destruction. and one can never truly be happy and free, in the way we were as children before learning of our mortality, without at some point confronting our destruction. And all we can ask for, all we can hope for, all we can beseech God for, is to win a few battles in a war we will ultimately lose.”
Neil Strauss (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The other passengers gazed at each other and there was established that silent solidarity of those who secretly hope to God that the plane will not fall. p264”
Fernando Sabino (1923–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true.”
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thomas Edison's last words were, "It's very beautiful over there." I don't know where there is, but I know it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”
John Green (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lacey takes the bar from me and reluctantly bites into it. She has to close her eyes to hide the orgasmic pleasure inherent in GoFast-tasting. "Oh. My. God. That tastes like hope feels.”
John Green (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I stand in this parking lot, realizing that I've never been this far from home, and here is this girl I love and cannot follow. I hope this is the hero's errand, because not following her is the hardest thing I've ever done.”
John Green (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes when a man is dying, he directs that his body shall be given to doctors, so that the causes of his suffering and death may be investigated, and the knowledge used to help others. I cannot give my body yet; only my heart and my mind, trusting that by this gift I can give some hope and courage to other men like myself, and to the rest of the world some understanding.”
Peter Wildeblood (1923–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tell your friend, Veronica It's time you celebrate Chanukah I hope I get a harmonica On this lovely, lovely Chanukah So drink your gin and tonic-ah And smoke your marijuani-khah If you really, really wanna-kah Have a happy, happy, happy, happy Chanukah Happy Chanukah”
Adam Sandler (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source