...and said with the softness of repressed violence, 'I am…

I resisted parenthood for a long, long time. But having a daughter has given me a sense of hopefulness that I didn't have before.

— George Meyer

“It’s so easy to lose faith and become lost in all of the politics of the world. That’s why we need the arts. To…

— Kamand Kojouri

“Though no one can backtrack and create a brand new start, Everyone is capable of taking their life in a brand new direction.”

— Germany Kent

“Hope is Nature's Defibrillator (The Sonnet) Hope is nature's defibrillator that, Electrifies the heart to unsubmission. Hope rescues us from the depths of despair,…

— Abhijit Naskar

“Hope is the grace of endurance in the stormy days.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-control naturally leads to a sense of hopefulness and can help you overcome despair, helplessness, and other negative thoughts.

— Nishus

“Hopefulness is risky, since it is after all a form of trust, trust in the unknown and the possible, even in discontinuity. To be…

— Rebecca Solnit

The thing that impresses me most about this country is its hopefulness. It is this which distinguishes it from Europe, where there is hopeless…

— Aldous Huxley

Getting married is an incredible act of hopefulness.

— Ashley Judd

A glad zest and hopefulness might be inspired even in the most jaded and ennui-cursed, were there in our homes such simple, truthful natures…

— T.C. Boyle

“That's what being shy feels like. Like my skin is too thin, the light too bright. Like the best place I could possibly be…

— Carol Rifka Brunt

When the seasons shift, even the subtle beginning, the scent of a promised change, I feel something stir inside me. Hopefulness? Gratitude? Openness? Whatever…

— Kristin Armstrong

Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.

— Norman Vincent Peale

“I think there is a place where hopefulness and hopelessness co-exist, one of my beloved contradictory co-existing realities (what others call a paradox, but paradoxes…

— Shellen Lubin

“The Russian did not wave or speak, but he looked directly into Billy's soul with sweet hopefulness, as though Billy might have good news…

— Kurt Vonnegut