I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings. - Edward Abbey Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree that those who value it volunteer their existence as living examples of the same... Peace ends with the unraveling of individual hope and the emergence of the will to worship violence as a healer of private and social dis-ease. - Aberjhani Where humanity sowed faith, hope, and unity, joy's garden blossomed. - Aberjhani There is no humiliation worse than the consciousness of a wasted life. It stains the spirit, forestalls hope, and destroys any motive for action or change. - Peter Ackroyd I do not know what is happening. The reason of my waking mind tells me that great evil has befallen and we stand at the end of days. But my heart says nay; and all my limbs are light, and a hope and joy are com...

We read to learn and to grow, to laugh, to be motivated, and to understand things we've never been exposed to. We read for strength to help us when we feel broken, discouraged or afraid. We read to find hope. We read because we're not just made up of skin and bones, and a deep need for chocolate, but we're also made up of words, words which describe our thoughts and what's hidden in our hearts. - Joan Bauer I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. - Dalai Lama We find hope in a hostile place when we focus on the goodness of God as revealed in His promises. In other words, hope and security come when we - like the Israelites - acknowledge God's love for us. - Elizabeth George The world's bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can't wait to die. - Ted Dekker When things are bad, we take comfort in the t...

I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings. - Edward Abbey Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope. - Maya Angelou How sadly things had changed since she had sat there the night after coming home! Then she had been full of hope and joy and the future had looked rosy with promise. Anne felt as if she had lived years since then, but before she went to bed there was a smile on her lips and peace in her heart. She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend--as duty ever is when we meet it frankly. - L M Montgomery Things change...things happen...things you can't even imagine when you're young and full of hope. - Judy Blume I leave Iraq gladdened by what has been accomplished and confident your future is full of hope. - Paul Bremer It was hard not to be full of hope - Chris Cleave ...

onen i-estel edain, u-chebin estel anim (I give hope to men. I keep none for myself.) - J R R Tolkien My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish. - Oprah Winfrey Yes, everyone in the districts will be watching me to see how I handle this death sentence, this final act of President Snow's dominance. They will be looking for some sign that their battles have not been in vain. If I can make it clear that I'm still defying the Capitol right up to the end, the Capitol will have killed me...but not my spirit. What better way to give hope to the rebels? - Suzanne Collins If I can make it clear that I'm still defying the Capitol right up to the end, the Capitol will have killed me... but not my spirit. What better way to give hope to the rebels? - Suzanne Collins As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan. - Hamid Karzai Embryonic stem cell resear...

If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning. - Chuck Palahniuk Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope. - Mick Jagger Love, after all, was nothing but a glimmer of hope for the miserable those with a lot of time and little ambition. - Umair Naeem Children were the foot wedged in the closing door, the glimmer of hope that in reincarnation there would be some house to go to, even if one came back as a dog, or a mouse, or flea that lived on the bodies of men. If...there was a raising of the dead, then a child would be sure to see that its parents were awakened. - Abraham Verghese

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations. - Mahmoud Abbas I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them. - Louisa May Alcott To be friends is a beautiful thing, Tessa, and I do not scorn it, but I have hoped for a long time now that we might be more than friends. - Cassandra Clare She watched with a crashing surge of pride as he reached up and pulled the mask offhe was in full sunlight. The orangey red light of the setting sun outlined him. Poughkeepsie's dusk set the mood. No matter how much Blake healed, Livia had a feeling nighttime would always be their favorite. He disappeared from view, but she knew he was strong. So much stronger so much sooner than she could ever have hoped. - Debra Anastasia Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment....

I just sort of take it from a character perspective, and I don't know if he was necessarily spiritual, but I do think he had hope. He was a character that was comfortable having hope in his life, and hope is faith. - Ryan Gosling Just having hope ain't going to cut it. You've got to have hope, passion and skills. - Tim Reid

I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism. - Edward Abbey If you hope for any sort of dialogue and unity with all factions on the vaguely leftist or radical side of politics, you must cease from silly verbal abuse. If you don't want it, then we go on as we are, fractious and impotent. - Edward Abbey If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. - Mark Twain We have reached a little altitude where we may look down upon the Indian Thugs with a complacent shudder; and we may even hope for a day, many centuries hence, when our posterity will look down upon us in the same way. - Mark Twain Nothing had worked out the way he'd hoped. He should've expected it by now, maybe. After all, things never had before. And yet he kept on pissing into the wind. He was like a man whose door's too low, but instead of working out how to duck...