Quotes about Hope

I believe in you. I believe that you are the people that will make the difference. I believe that we cannot conquer darkness with darkness. We cannot conquer evil with evil, we must fight darkness with light. We must not tear down, but buildup.

It's never too late. We've come around to a better way of life with showing love and giving love. That's what matters.

After all, hope is a form of planning.

When people ask me why I still have hope and energy after all these years, I always say: Because I travel.

Our current plight is not made inevitable by human nature. What once was could be again—in a new way.

If I don't know what will happen tomorrow, it could be wonderful.

When people ask me why I still have hope and energy after all these years, I always say: Because I travel... Taking to the road — by which I mean letting the road take you — changed who I thought I was. The road is messy in the way that real life is messy. It leads us out of denial and into reality, out of theory and into practice, out of caution and into action, out of statistics and into stories —in short, out of our heads and into our hearts.

Having lived his life in the belief that something great could be just around every corner, did he realize for the first time that no more corners could be turned?

As King ended his speech, I heard Mahalia Jackson call out, "Tell them about the dream, Martin!" And he did begin the "I have a dream" litany from memory, with the crowd calling out to him after each image—Tell it! What would be most remembered had been least planned. I hoped Mrs. Greene heard a woman speak up—and make all the difference.

Between what is and what could be?

It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers.

Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.