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Hope Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of…
- There lurks, perhaps, in every human heart a desire of distinction, which inclines every man first to hope, and then to believe, that Nature has…
- When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
- Those writers who lie on the watch for novelty can have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.
- We all live in the hope of pleasing somebody; and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and always will be greatest, when our…
- We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and…
- Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you; you may settle yourself in full confidence both…
- In all pleasures hope is a considerable part.
- The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and their first performances fill the pit with conjecture and prognostication,…
- Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the…
- To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide…
- But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which is equally requisite…
- All industry must be excited by hope.
- We took tea, by Boswell's desire; and I eat one bun, I think, that I might not be seen to fast ostentatiously. When I find…
- A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has,…
- I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
- Hope is necessary in every condition.
- Hope is itself a species of happiness...
- Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.
- For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed…
More Hope Quotes
- Throughout all of this confusion, I hope I somehow get to you. I practice all the things I'd say to tell you… — Superman
- I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable. — J. J. Abrams
- Dream Gives Rise To Hope, Hope Inspires Effort, Efforts Result In Success.. So, Dreams R Root Of Success. Let All Your Dream… — Ritu Ghatourey
- We too need to protect, guide, and encourage our young people, helping them to build a society worthy of their great spiritual… — Pope Francis
- I used too be the girl that would be soo happy to walk into the classroom and say'guess who just walked in… — Jasmine
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
- I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I… — Diane Ackerman
- For all the noise and anger that too often surrounds the immigration debate, America has nothing to fear from today's immigrants. They… — Barack Obama