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“Families when a child is born Hope it will turn out intelligent. I, through intelligence Having wrecked my whole life, Only hope that the baby will prove Ignorant and stupid. Then he'll be happy all his days And grow into a cabinet minister.”
Su Shi (1037–1101) said by 1101 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the Birth of a Son", translated by Arthur Waley in Poetry (January 1918) and revised, as "On the Birth of his Son", in 170 Chinese Poems (1918) p. 98:
“He's a hope to Latin America and I would like if that philosophy came to Brazil. I think he's unique. I intend to go to Venezuela and to try to meet him. I want to pass a week there and to try to schedule an audience. I think he'll do what the militaries did in Brazil in 1964, with much more strength. I just hope the opposition doesn't go into a guerrilla warfare like they did here.”
Jair Bolsonaro (born 1955) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: About Hugo Chávez. "É uma esperança para a AL". O Estado de S. Paulo (4 September 1999).
“Hereby I send you back the 'Winter' [a painting]. I hope you will be better satisfied now. After alternately smashing away and adding on the cart some new figures, finally this one climbed up, which I hope will do better than its predecessors.. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) said by 1888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in a letter to Goupil in The Hague; as cited by R. Tervaert & C. Stolwijk, in ‘’De fabriek: Anton Mauve en zijn handelaren’’, 2009, p. 139
“Change is possible, and I know, hope is very difficult to hold on to. But hope in this time, is actually, an act of defiance, it's an act of resistance. I refuse to dehumnaize those people who dehumanize me. Because, otherwise there is really no difference between us and people like them.”
Deeyah Khan (born 1977) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1 October 2018. Speech after winning Emmy Award
“The critic has a purpose, but I don’t see my writing as trying to judge a work, trying to communicate its good or bad points to a reader. To me, my hope is that this dossier may open-up new areas of cinema for readers, and point at new avenues for investigation, which is all I would hope for. If it merely defined any emergent orthodoxy-of-extreme-cinema I would feel it had failed.”
Jack Sargeant (writer) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: American Extreme" in Senses of Cinema (2016)
“I hope he wins ... I'm happy for him that the system worked for him in his favor because the system isn't always fair, especially for people of color. So I'm glad it worked out for him. It's not my place or any other person's place to judge him or what not, but I'm glad the he's nominated I hope he wins because I'd be interested to hear his speech”
Jussie Smollett (born 1982) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 27 March 2019 interview with Variety, verified 28 March 2019 by CBS News by Anthony Anderson
Also quoted by: Anthony Anderson
“You had better all die -- die immediately, than live slaves and entail your wretchedness upon your posterity. If you would be free in this generation, here is your only hope. However much you and all of us may desire it, there is not much hope of redemption without the shedding of blood. If you must bleed, let it all come at once rather die freemen, than live to be slaves.”
Henry Highland Garnet (1815–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(How do you distinguish Y.A. books from adult fiction?) Partly voice, but my own personal ethos is that Y.A. requires hope. I’m less stringent on my requirement for hope in books for adults.”
Elizabeth Acevedo (born 1988) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: interview (2021)
“Teenagers give me hope. We write them off so often. But I'm seeing a lot of things in this generation that’s coming up that gives me a lot of hope for the future. So I tell them when I'm in the old folks home, I think I can relax because I think you guys are going to do a great job.”
Angie Thomas (born 1988) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On looking to the next generation for hope in “Author Angie Thomas: Burn It All Down Or Use Those Emotions In My Art” in To the Best of Our Knowledge (2019 Jan 14)
“i hope my shoulder finds a head that needs nestling ...i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live”
Nikki Giovanni (1943–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mine is a message of hope. As I said, as I was surrounded by a loving family, cherished by all of them, one thing was clear – if your heart has a reason to keep beating, it will. My hope is that stories like mine can inspire more potential donors.”
Sudhir Choudhrie (born 1949) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Heart to heart: Sudhir Choudrie discusses life after a transplant", EasternEye (February 8, 2017)
“I know this feels like a really weird time to be celebrating. But I just want to say there is hope in the young people out there - I know that our TV show doesn't always feel like a great example of that - but there is hope in our young people and I just want to say to all my peers out there doing the work in the streets, 'I see you, I admire you, I thank you.”
Zendaya (born 1996) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Zendaya makes Emmys history and sends message of 'hope in young people'". BBC News. (21 September 2020).
“There’s no ego, we’re two women who support each other wholeheartedly,” Martinez explains. “That’s what makes it such a great partnership. I hope we show that if you want to do something you just need to go out and do it. The music industry tends to pit women against one another. So with us, I hope people see that women can work together and make great things happen.”
Natalie Martinez (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As long as there is death, there is hope. The only thing that keeps me alive is the hope of dying young.”
Brother Theodore (1906–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We don’t persist because we see hope. We only see hope when we persist. Before we succeed, we are not failing. It’s just that we are not there yet.”
Glacier Kwong (born 1996) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 38 Glacier Kwong (4 May 2021)
“I hope people will forget me. It is a waste to remember me. I hope they can stop thinking about me. If they remember me and turn this into a game to see who is more loyal, that will turn into a burden. They can look into the sky when they remember me. I don’t want them to think about me and it is too tiring for them to remember me.”
Ren Zhengfei (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have hope that people who are interested in helping the development of our communities will come forward. Besides, I hope warm connections between parishes in Eastern Ukraine and in the Toronto Eparchy will form, which will lead to permanent cooperation.”
Wasyl Medwit (1949–2024) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Vasyl (Medvit) Describes the UGCC in Central and Eastern Ukraine to Canadians (2010)
“The presence of 22 different ethnic groups in our diocese is a problem but it is also a reason for hope for the future. It presents a challenge because it means being familiar with 22 different traditions and customs, but it is also a motive for hope because these differences are a source of mutual enrichment.”
Philip Naameh (born 1948) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Unemployment, illiteracy, clashes among 22 different ethnic groups are main obstacles for evangelisation” says Bishop Naameh of Damongo diocese in northern Ghana (18 February 2005) Fides News Agency
“Hope only got you hurt. Hope was her least favorite thing, of all things.”
Seanan McGuire (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With great hope, I look toward the future of our Eparchy of Križevci and anticipate days of spiritual revival. Whoever truly wants to follow Christ will inevitably encounter resistance and persecution from the world. However, let us not lose hope. With God we are always in the majority and always on the winning side. May our many holy ancestors be our role models and support us on this path.”
Milan Stipić (born 1978) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Episcopal Ordination of Msgr. Milan Stipić as the Bishop of Križevci (20 October 2020)
“I hope to remember my perseverance and courage that went behind achieving my goal. I also hope to remember that the lessons I've learned up to this point will serve future generations as they pursue wheelchair racing.”
Jenna Fesemyer (born 1997) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A World Class Athlete and So Much More - It's Her Time to Shine (18 August 2021)
“I hope for many opportunities to show new facets of me that are different from my pre-marriage period. I would like to show these different images of mine, as a mother and as a wife, in a broad range through dramas, movies or other channels. I hope I will have many such opportunities, going forward.”
Lee Young-ae (born 1971) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lee Young-Ae is back, and she wants to speak for women throughout history" in Today Online (28 December 2016)
“Without a doubt, these children deserve a hope. By loving them, we need to show them that life can be different. Yes, their life is hard today, but tomorrow – with hope and trust in God – it will be different”
Eduard Kava (born 1978) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Newly Repaired Sports Hall Was Opened in Novoluhanske Village (22 November 2017)
“Organization is the hope of the world, and woman the elastic cement that is binding organizations together, and by them and through them we hope soon to hold the banner aloft to the nations of the world, proclaiming the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.”
Belva Ann Lockwood (1830–1917) said by 1917 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poor are we, if we had hope in Christ, but without being sure that it is the Truth, if we had faith and hope in Christ only for this world: we would be the most miserable of men, as St. Paul says.”
Ersilio Tonini (1914–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have great hope for the E-revolution … Twitter and Facebook are marvelous inventions and I use them to spread my work. I hope Palestinians will use these tools to gain their right of return.”
Hani Abbas wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“it's truly my biggest hope that one day in the future we won't need to preface "environmentalism" with the word "intersectional"; we won't need to create separate safe spaces and curriculums that seek to be inclusive. One day I hope that when people think of an environmentalist, they'll automatically envision a person who cares very deeply about both people and planet.”
Leah Thomas wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hope doesn’t necessarily come from the tangible things, it doesn’t have to come because something monumental happened. It can come from something small that gives people hope”
Anita Hill (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are a lot of times that we feel like our hands are tied - 'I have no control over if I'm going to lose my job.' 'I have no control over if I'm going to be able to pay my bills.' You've got to realize that that's where your trust comes in. You have to trust God, and keep your hope, because your hope is what produces your faith.”
Victoria Osteen (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope that the public, especially the young generation, positively receives and responds to the message in the song through love, unity, working together, lifting up one another, not giving up on their dreams, working hard, and having hope that one day they will reach their dreams”
Kate Bashabe (born 1990) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bashabe on wearing many hatsThe New Times(June 10, 2019)
“My lesson to all is that no matter what horrible circumstance we may face in our lives, we must never lose hope, for losing hope is the beginning of our own self defeat.”
Consolee Nishimwe (born 1979) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Meet Consolee Nishimwe. Wagner. (August 2017)
“We give thanks for what has happened in the early years, a sign of the Holy Spirit, we live in the present with enthusiasm and we look forward with hope to the future. Arguments, hatred, jealously are the work of the devil, while peace is the way of Christ. Noro, with its different denominations, cultures and customs is a sign of hope for sharing the Good News with all.”
Christopher Michael Cardone (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Be a Light for all to see" says former parish priest now Bishop of Auki at blessing of new parish at Noro attended by Christians of various denominations (15 February 2005) Fides News Agency
“Hope. Conservatives haven’t had hope for a very long time. Honestly, they would be mad not to choose Boris. No one else comes close. Can he start tomorrow, please?”
Allison Pearson (born 1960) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tories would be mad not to choose Boris for leader – no one else comes close", The Telegraph (12 June 2019)
“Not to say you can't make movies for the flock, that's great, too...I personally want to make movies that get to everyone. I want inspirational stories that inspire hope and faith to get to people that don't have a lot of hope and faith. I think this movie does that; there's a natural inspirational aspect to it you can't get around.”
Zachary Levi (born 1980) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Exclusive! Zachary Levi on "Faith, Family and Football" in His Kurt Warner Biopic American Underdog" in Parade (28 December 2021)
“[If he has hope for cryptocurrencies:] Sure! I have hope for the ideas. I really do. I wand the US dollar to collapse. I do.”
George Hotz (born 1989) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: George Hotz: Tiny Corp, Twitter, AI Safety, Self-Driving, GPT, AGI & God | Lex Fridman Podcast #387" (at 1h47m49s), Lex Fridman on YouTube, 29 June 2023.
“at least they're active, at least they have a notion that working is more important than getting married and having children. And for that, I have hope. I have lots of hope.”
Vivian Gornick (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Academics want to be free to push their ideology at all times, but they also want to be free of democratic oversight. I hope to reverse that. I hope that the opposite becomes true over time.”
Christopher Rufo (born 1984) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Why Diversity Programs Need to Be ELIMINATED" (at 12m43s), Triggernometry, 17 September 2023.
“Suffering and death are not absolute evil. Hope is possible. Hope illuminates the present.”
Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier (born 1936) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It doesn’t help to live in the past. I’ve learned it’s not going to change the outcome for us, unfortunately. If it did, I would do that all day every day. But because it doesn’t, it doesn’t help to do that. And all I can do is hope for a better tomorrow and hope for a better next time.”
Foluke Gunderson (born 1987) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Josh Dubow, US volleyball star back for 3rd Olympics after giving birth, APNews, July 22, 2021.
“National team selection should be based on quality and form rather than where the players are based. This will give hope to everyone as it will make the situation a level playing ground. It will make players have hope and play their hearts out during national team duties.”
Nkem Akaraiwe (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“John... Bishop Speyer, Otger, he ordered to be seized and whipped, and held, though with difficulty, for some time with him, then he soon set him free, in the hope of obtaining the emperor's forgiveness, but in this hope he was deceived by God's command, for on the second ides of May he departed from earthly life.”
Pope John XII (937–964) said by 964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For my daughter, I hope to not raise her with the idea that there is either this right or this wrong or that there’s this way and there’s that way. I hope that she will be comfortable to explore and live the questions that even I can’t predict or foresee.”
Kopano Matlwa (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We hope, most fervently, that such better understanding may ultimately mean that the transvestite and the transsexual can walk freely abroad in Society, offending no-one, better understood by some, and, we hope, tolerated by all.”
June Willmott (died 1978) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in King, Dave; Ekins, Richard (2007). "The First UK Transgender Conferences, 1974 and 1975". Gendys. 39.
“...“Separation” meant that there was hope still for us to come together as neighbours who shared history, and a hope for reconciliation...”
Aanchal Malhotra (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is the community of today: a community of faith that, after having experienced such tragic moments, bears witness to the hope of the risen Christ: precisely because we are facing death, persecution, death of the atomic bomb, and from these shocking events, we have risen again, there is hope in our hearts, yes, recovery, rebirth, thanks to the work of God.”
Peter Michiaki Nakamura (born 1962) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Catholics in Nagasaki witness the Resurrection (24 April 2024) Fides News Agency
“If the reader does not like some of the facts that emerge, I hope against hope that he will not blame me for their existence.”
Hans Eysenck (1916–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I see my people there is a question that always arises. How can they survive with so little? How do they create hope where there is no hope? How do they create a way where there is no way? This way that the poor are creating, where there is apparently no way, is what we call the third way.”
Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is hope as long as there is this natural creativity and resilience of the Lebanese people. Hope never dies.”
Joseph Spiteri (born 1959) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lebanon welcomes Pope’s student scholarships says Apostolic Nuncio (15 May 2020) Vatican News
“My biggest wish for people this Easter Sunday is peace, hope, and also sharing of that peace and hope with one another. A spirit of unity, and common ground that we all need the love and the promise we all believe Easter Sunday is all about.”
Robert Milner Coerver (born 1954) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Our Lady of Grace performs Stations of the Cross in North Lubbock (7 April 2023) KCBD
“It's like Easter; after destruction and pain, hope in the future is back. Our main mission is to create trust and hope among the victims: fishermen, widows and children.”
Savarinathan Michael Augustine (1933–2017) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In the diocese of Pondicherry-Cuddalore, 76 boats go back to sea after the tsunami (11 May 2005) Asia News