Hopeful Quotes · Page 13

I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.

— Peter Benchley

I am hopeful about any future for whites in this country, but not entirely optimistic.

— Helen Suzman

“We were planting seeds of change, the fruit of which we might never see. We had to be patient.”

— Michelle Obama

Sometimes it's so stupid to be so hopeful. Because sometimes even hope can let you down.

— Ritu Ghatourey

You may not be able to control every situation and its outcome, but you can control your attitude and how you deal…

— Anonymous

His four year contract renewal: As always, I remain hopeful that Don Cherry won't be offered the same length contract.

— Anonymous

Hopes, dreams, faith and a sense of mission enable us to open up our lives.

— Daisaku Ikeda

“Hopeful visions touch possibilities that only exist in the gaze of the faithful.”

— Bryant McGill

“Suddenly, an idea swooshed into his marsupial brain like a small propeller plane buzzing a crowd. ‘Why didn’t I think of that?”

— Sara Pascoe

“It’s a lot easier for our children to look forward to a hopeful future if they have the confidence that we are…

— Tim Kimmel

“So afterward, while I was getting eviscerated by chemo, for some reason I decided to feel really hopeful. Not about survival but…

— John Green

One of the very first things I figured out about life...is that it's better to be a hopeful person than a cynical,…

— Barbara Kingsolver

I can't think of another attitude to have toward an audience than a hopeful and positive one. And if that includes such…

— Robert Palmer

“His face was tense, his jaw flexed as he stared at her. She could hardly stand to meet his eyes. They were…

— Aprilynne Pike

For this war is essentially a war of conquest. If ever a nation did wage such a war, the North is now…

— Arthur Fremantle

I'm cynical by nature, but I am also very hopeful because I see people from the Left and the Right showing up…

— Joe Wurzelbacher

The biggest gift you can give is to be absolutely present, and when you're worrying about whether you're hopeful or hopeless or…

— Joanna Macy

Am I embarrassed to speak for a less than perfect democracy? Not one bit. Find me a better one. Do I suppose…

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

But I can think of nothing on earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night, which, for me, was ten…

— Steve Almond

“I define hope as a narcotic. It courses through our veins, igniting ideas and feelings and emotions that all work in collaboration…

— Ivan Rusilko

“Today, everyone thinks we need to stay positive and hopeful and not be completely honest about what we are seeing, what we…

— Terry Tempest Williams

“If you really believed that you'd lost your soul, then when I found you in Volterra, you would have realized immediately what…

— Stephenie Meyer

“I've got good news," he said on the phone, sounding unusually excited. "I finished work early today, so I went by the…

— Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Satoshi Yagisawa

Still, there was also was something reassuring about working for Commercial, almost hopeful. Like things that were lost could be found again.…

— Sarah Dessen

That whisper you keep hearing is the universe trying to get your attention.

— Oprah Winfrey

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

— George Bernard Shaw

“For a minute there, I thought I stood a chance. But I guess in the end, Mitchell will still be the lucky…

— Piper Shelly

College was especially sweet because of the positive, hopeful atmosphere of a college campus.

— Jerry Kramer

“I didn’t know what the future held in store for me, but I felt hopeful.”

— Padma Lakshmi

War is very uncertain in its results, and often when affairs look most desperate they suddenly assume a more hopeful state.

— George Meade

“The Universe Is Always Listening... Feel It, Get Consumed With Its Generosity And Power... Good Things Are Coming!”

— Wesam Fawzi

“Evening's soft solitude Surrounds the day Emitting precious peace.”

— Deborah D. Johnson

I certainly think Obama is the most hopeful president I've seen in the country since John Kennedy.

— John Irving

“Never give up. Never give up on your hopes. Never give up on your dreams. Never give up on your visions.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Kids everywhere need to feel safe, hopeful, connected and appreciated.

— Michele Borba

I am so sick of being exhorted, as a writer, to improve the world by representing it in a more hopeful way.

— Russell Smith

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realised joy could be.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Always be enthusiastic and hopeful. If you lose hope, there is nothing to look forward to.”

— Debasish Mridha

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant to life than any single realized joy could be.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Something good was happening. My life was rising from the ashes, and the sight of it left me feeling something like hopeful.

— Katherine Center