Hope

"Behold, we know not anything;I can but trust that good shall fall At last -- far off -- at last, to all,And every winter change to spring."

"The cycle of optimism and euphoria leading to greed, fear and capitulation, giving way to hope and building back to optimism, drives the expansion and contraction of our financial world in a market cycle of collective human emotion."

"The American political experience can therefore be viewed as optimism in the collective."

"One thing about flying that he never got used to was that no matter how awful the weather was on the ground, if you flew high enough you could always find the sun."

"Duck wasn't sure if it was optimism or fantasy, but hope had been such uncharted waters for him recently that he was having difficulty navigating them."

"Hope docks in my heart"

"You know, if you're hopeful, if you're even a little bit happy about something that might happen, it doesn't affect the outcome. You could still give yourself a period of optimism, even if it all falls apart."

"To a pessimist, losing bobby pins is as hopeless as losing hair. To an optimist, losing hair gives hope to get the lost bobby pins back."

"Only God is able. It is faith in Him that we must rediscover. With this faith we can transform bleak and desolate valleys into sunlit paths of joy and bring new light into the dark caverns of pessimism."

"Every nation can harness the energy of its citizens, either towards constructive work to generate optimism and hope, or towards tensions, unrest and war."

"Then I realize that words like "optimism" and "hope" which appear in all those self-help books that claim they'll make us more confident and better to cope with life, are just that: words."

"Nothing's ever all bad if you think hard enough about it."

"When I am passing through hell, I have to remind myself of the last time I happened to be on that road. How quickly it was over, without any ingenuity on my part. After all, hell is a one-way street. The only direction forward is the way out."

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence."

"Cynicism is a disease. Optimism is the cure."

"In the immediate aftermath of the great Chicago fire, a business proprietor erected a shack in front of his burned-out business. On a sign, he placed his name and the tagline that everything was gone but wife, children, and energy."

"Optimism is not fantasy. It hopes for the best reality without departing from it."

"From Jeff Greenfield: "I once asked Elie Wiesel "Are you an optimist or a pessimist" "An optimist," he said. "I have to be."

"The definition of the future is today"

"Even when I was caught in the web, I didn't give up hope. And as you see, I was right."