But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. 644
I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained. 705
Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future. 637
Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen… yourself, right now, right down here on Earth. 1.07K
I hope the millions of people I’ve touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude. 973
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. 681
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. 631
The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we’ll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on. 1.96K
And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he’s no longer God… They’ll turn on him, and I hope he survives it. 1.1K
I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that. 3.21K
I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant. 3.04K
Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy – the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation. 626
If you die you’re completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I’m not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I’ve got. 695
What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope. 2.31K
Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change – this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress. 742
