False Hope Quotes

59 quotes by 54 authors

False hope is nicer than no hope at all. — Edgar Allan Poe
The fact of the matter is that hope comes from many sources. I think depending on the federal government to be some sort of a… — Tim Scott
Closure is just as delusive-it is the false hope that we can deaden our living grief. — Stephen Grosz
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the… — Barack Obama
It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Blessed are the destroyers of false hope, for they are the true Messiahs - Cursed are the god-adorers, for they shall be shorn sheep! — Anton Szandor LaVey
But as surely as the moon rises and the sun sets, depravity passes down through the ages, because there is always a gap between who… — Chris Adrian
What Rizzoli thought, staring at her own image, was that she hated Elizabeth Hurley for giving women false hope. The brutal truth was, there are… — Tess Gerritsen
False hopes are more dangerous than fears. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Wishes are false. Hope is true. Hope makes its own magic. — Laini Taylor
Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope. — Trudi Canavan
What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten… — Baron de Montesquieu
I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it's that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it's going to work. It's… — Khaled Hosseini
To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline is… — Thomas A. Edison
False hope is worse than despair. — Jonathan Kozol
Everyone has read about or knows someone who has gone through fertility treatments. It is an emotional nightmare, fueled by false hope and the promise… — Ann Hood
The unlimited power that many modern gurus offer is false hope. Their programs calling us to unlimited power have made them rich, not us. They… — John Bradshaw
Instantaneous and mass communication is the mother of mass naivety. Should we then lose hope? Is there any hope? But to lose hope is as… — Tariq Ramadan
If you walk on a tight rope you may fall, but will definitely fall in case of a false hope. — Tasneem Hameed
That stupid voice in my head is driving me crazy, it's the one that keeps telling me: this time it'll be different — Leslie

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