Quotes about Hope

out of sorrow have the worlds been built, and at the birth of a child or a star, there is pain

Champing his gilded oats, the Hippogriff will stand in our stalls, and over our heads will float the Blue Bird singing of beautiful and impossible things, of things that are lovely and that never happen, of things that are not and that should be.

Thou knowest all; I seek in vain What lands to till or sow with seed - The land is black with briar and weed, Nor cares for falling tears or rain. Thou knowest all; I sit and wait With blinded eyes and hands that fail, Till the last lifting of the veil And the first opening of the gate. Thou knowest all; I cannot see. I trust I shall not live in vain, I know that we shall meet again In some divine eternity.

He did not wring his hands, as do Those witless men who dare To try to rear the changeling Hope In the cave of black Despair.

When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window.

I would merely beg you not to be too much bowed down by grief. What seem to us bitter trails are often blessings in disguise.

I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror. We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbour with the possession of those virtues that are likely to be a benefit to us. We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.

Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach thy hand For I am drowning in a stormier sea Than Simon on thy lake of Galilee: The wine of life is spilt upon the sand, My heart is as some famine-murdered land Whence all good things have perished utterly, And well I know my soul in Hell must lie If this night before God's throne should stand.

Every Saint has a past. Every Sinner, has a future.

In the cave of black Despair: He only looked upon the sun, And drank the morning air.

The way I see it, there are just two things we need to know: The universe has our back. Everything is going to turn out okay.