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“The dews of Hermon rest upon thee now, Fair saint and martyr! and yet once again Faith, hope and charity, like gracious rain, Fall on thy consecrated virgin brow.”
Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889) first seen 1850 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reconsecrated (15 May 1850), l. 1-4
“When power relations of domination are no longer the norm in society, and when men assume truly equal shares of all aspects of childrearing, perhaps we will be able to fully reclaim the nurturing aspects of the God. Until then, let us hope some men will begin this process by the way they lead their lives.”
“Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.”
Rick Warren (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The bright days of my youth They were full of hope The great journey that was before me then Was what was destined to be, bye bye. Now I'm sorrowful, The day is long past. Alas and woe, oh.”
“In the Army of the Shenandoah, you were the First Brigade! In the Army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade! In the Second Corps of this Army, you are the First Brigade! You are the First Brigade in the affections of your general, and I hope by your future deeds and bearing you will be handed down the posterity as the First Brigade in this our Second War of Independence. Farewell!”
Stonewall Jackson (1824–1863) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Farewell address to his brigade, as he left to receive his promotion to Major General (4 October 1861)
“The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man.”
Diogenes Laërtius wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Tertullian
“One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist.”
Diogenes Laërtius wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Tertullian
“I just wanted to give him a big hug. He'd come out from rehab and he was extremely charismatic. He's a lovely genuine guy. I hope he can fight his demons and come back to music.”
Pete Doherty (born 1979) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Singer Amy MacDonald, 2008
“I do believe that in a race, it is naive to think Linux has a hope of making a dent against Microsoft starting from way behind with a fraction of the resources and amateur labor. (I feel the same about Unix.)”
Ken Thompson (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart, I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars. I am the red man driven from the land, I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek — And finding only the same old stupid plan Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.”
Langston Hughes (1901–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The only hope we have is the Internet. We must strive to keep it free.”
L. Neil Smith (1946–2021) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Keep Your Filthy Hands Off The Internet" 20 June 2010.
“I think I have been perfectly clear in saying that I hope Canadians do elect a majority government. I think this cycle of election after election, minority after minority is beginning to put some of the country's interests in serious jeopardy.”
Stephen Harper (born 1959) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 2011 English Language Leaders' Debate, April 12, 2011, http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20110413/main-election-110413/20110413?s_name=election2011.
“I hope that holds the little bastards.”
Bill Allred first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Radio From Hell (April 5, 2007)
“On his eighteenth day in the tiger cage, Robert Stoney began to lose hope of emerging unscathed.”
Greg Egan (born 1961) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Oracle, published in Asimov's (July 2000)
“Apparently, the Fates were not so unsubtle as to deal him another blow just yet. He knew they didn’t operate that way. They always let you hope for a while longer, then strung it out before they really let you have it.”
David Brin (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What hope has any endeavor which is based on hate and fear?”
David Brin (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life as a child and then as a girl had taught her patience, hope, silence; and given her a prisoner's proficiency in handling these virtues as weapons.”
Colette (1873–1954) first seen 1920 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chéri (1920), pt. 2 (tr. )
“Seeing the play (A Lie of the Mind) clearly is part of why I wanted to direct it. I see hope at the end of this play. People talk about how dark the play was, but I feel like, if you really look at the darkness, you’re able to go through it, and you realize that you can handle dark moments in life and that everything will be all right.”
Ethan Hawke (born 1970) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The New York Times (2010-01-27)
“Here is the ultimate hope of saving ourselves from extinction. We must learn to understand that the contents of all knowledge is empirical; that its test is whether it works; and we must learn to act on that understanding in the world as well as in the laboratory.”
Jacob Bronowski (1908–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The 60s for me was a time of promise and excitement, but the 60s was also a time of isolation and frustration from within. [...] It was a time of great hope and great expectation; it was also a time of great waste. That is history. We do not need to repeat these mistakes in the 80s.”
Audre Lorde (1934–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People ask if I can compete with the money of Hillary and Barack. I hope at the end of the day, they can compete with my ideas and my experience.”
“The people who voted Republican last time ... who don't want to vote for Trump, whether they want to vote for me or not is a different story, but they don't want to vote for Trump, they're looking for an alternative and I think, I hope to God, I can provide that alternative ... I really mean it. I think there's a chance.”
“The Christmas story is at the heart of the … Christian faith. But the message of hope, love, peace, and joy — they’re also universal. It speaks to all of us, whether we’re Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, or any other faith, or no faith at all. It speaks to all of us as human beings who are here on this Earth to care for one another, to look out for one another, to love one another.”
“Could we forbear dispute, and practice love, We should agree as angels do above. Where love presides, not vice alone does find No entrance there, hut virtues stay behind: Both faith, and hope, and all the meaner train Of mortal virtues, at the door remain. Love only enters as a native there, For born in heav'n, it does but sojourn here.”
Edmund Waller (1606–1687) said by 1687 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move!”
Edmund Waller (1606–1687) first seen 1664 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On a Girdle (1664), st. 2.
“But Hildy was no longer afraid. She had reached the point where fear can no longer help, and anger offers the only hope of survival.”
“...Instead of taking the 'I'm cool, I hope you adore me' path (with my music), I chose the path of how to connect. I think that's the reason a lot of people feel a deeper connection with our band than other bands, and I also feel that's why people polarize on us. If you don't get it, it seems preposterous; if you do get it, it's really heavy -- it has a weight to it.”
Billy Corgan (born 1967) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Success." LIVE! Magazine. August 1996.
“Ah, but ignorance is better. At least then there's hope.”
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) said by 1904 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So [things have] gradually and gradually [gotten] worse and worse until the country is absolutely on the rocks now, and the people are suffering. And this is our hope, because so many people are suffering, have been persecuted and have been told "Get into line, or else", and they know what 'or else' means.”
Ian Smith (1919–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Africa is a continent which is subject to a great deal of friction and argument and change; that's [true] of the world generally but more so Africa than anywhere else. So because of that we live in hope, we think that the people in the end will say "We've had enough".”
Ian Smith (1919–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the interests of our people, and of other people in this part of the world, let's work together. Why do we have to exclude people because of their colour, whether they are white, brown, yellow or black? Let's accept that we are all a part of Africa, all part of the world. Let's all work together. And the more we can get people to accept that philosophy, the greater the hope for the whole world.”
Ian Smith (1919–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hope is generally a wrong Guide, though it is very good Company by the way. It brusheth through Hedge and Ditch till it cometh to a great Leap, and there it is apt to fall and break its Bones.”
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) said by 1695 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have not written about being a Negro at such length because I do not expect that to be my only subject, but only because it was the gate I had to unlock before I could hope to write about anything else.”
James Baldwin (1924–1987) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Hard Kind of Courage" in Harper's (October 1958) republished as "A Fly in Buttermilk
“...the world is present, and the world is not white, and America is not the symbol of civilization. Neither is England. Neither is France. Something else is happening that will engulf them by and by. You, Quincy, will be here, but I'll be gone. It's the only hope the world has-that Western hegemony and civilization be contained. (1988)”
James Baldwin (1924–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that one of the principal ways in which we acquire, hold, and digest information, is via narrative — so I hope you will understand when the remarks I make begin with the first sentence of our childhood — that we all remember — the phrase: "Once upon a time.”
Toni Morrison (1931–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.”
“Look at this face. Do you see my foolish hope?”
“Everyone must dream. We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming — well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate. Isn’t that true?”
“For hope is but the dream of those that wake.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) said by 1721 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Solomon on the Vanity of the World, book iii, line 102; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“I don't know any more than you what the future will hold. But my point of view is different. You see despair and I see cause for hope. I read the future in a way that is more agreeable than you do.”
Alain-René Lesage (1668–1747) said by 1747 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Trench stinks of shallow buried dead Where Tom stands at the periscope, Tired out. After nine months he’s shed All fear, all faith, all hate, all hope.”
Robert Graves (1895–1985) first seen 1915 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Through the Periscope" (1915) [first published in 1988]
“What you hope for Is that at some point of the pointless journey, Indoors or out, and when you least expect it, Right in the middle of your stride, like that, So neatly that you never feel a thing, The kind assassin Sleep will draw a bead And blow your brains out.”
Richard Wilbur (1921–2017) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Walking to Sleep" (1969)
“And still when the delicate and unconscious machinery of race relations slips, there will be murder again. How can law contradict the lives of millions of people and hope to be administered successfully?”
Richard Wright (1908–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every movement of his body is an unconscious protest. Every desire, every dream, no matter how intimate or personal, is a plot or a conspiracy. Every hope is a plan for insurrection. Every glance of the eye is a threat. His very existence is a crime against the state!”
Richard Wright (1908–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had no hope whatever of being a professional man. Not only had I been so conditioned that I did not desire it, but the fulfillment of such an ambition was beyond my capabilities. Well-to-do Negroes lived in a world that was almost as alien to me as the world inhabited by whites.”
Richard Wright (1908–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I did not act in this fashion deliberately; I did not prefer this kind of relationship with people. I wanted a life in which there was a constant oneness of feeling with others, in which the basic emotions of life were shared, in which common memory formed a common past, in which collective hope reflected a national future.”
Richard Wright (1908–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What vision must Negro writers have before their eyes in order to feel the impelling necessity for an about face? What angle of vision can show them all the forces of modern society in process, all the lines of economic development converging toward a distant point of hope? Must they believe in some `ism'? ("Blueprint" 45)”
Richard Wright (1908–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Indeed, as I think about it, I have to conclude that these young people before me today are the best reason for hope that this world knows.”
Mario Cuomo (1932–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No human being escapes the necessity of conceiving some good outside himself towards which his thought turns in a movement of desire, supplication, and hope. consequently, the only choice is between worshipping the true God or an idol. Every atheist is an idolater — unless he is worshipping the true God in his impersonal aspect. The majority of the pious are idolaters.”
Simone Weil (1909–1943) first seen 1942 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Last Notebook (1942) p. 308
“Then watchers of the life of man will know How spirits quickened in this ended reign, Till what was centuries stagnant 'gan to flow And what was centuries fettered moved again; How with this Ruler entered into rest The country's very self from slumber stirred, To charity as guide and hope as guestAnd ventured to a nobler marching word.”
John Masefield (1878–1967) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Arthur Groom, Edward The Eighth: Our King (1936). Masefield was Poet Laureate at the time.