Body Quote by Norman Cousins

The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope

— Norman Cousins

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.

— Eric Hoffer

Hope awakens courage. He who can implant courage in the human soul is the best physician.

— Karl Ludwig von Knebel

There is one thing pleasantly unconfusing about medicine. The direction and the end are fixed and the patient never works backward.

— John Steinbeck

When you immerse yourself in medicine you realise that hope is not absolute. It's not that simple.

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

Doctors may have told you there is no hope for you medically, but you can always find supernatural HOPE from God's Word.

— Charles Capps

There is no medicine like hope ...

— Orison Swett Marden

Hope is the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard.

— Jennifer Donnelly

There is an authentic biology of hope. Belief and expectation - the key elements of hope - can block pain by releasing the brain's…

— Jerome Groopman

Hope, true hope, has proved as important as any medication I might prescribe or any procedure I might perform.

— Jerome Groopman

I had learned that every patient has the right to hope, despite long odds, and it was my role to help nurture that hope.

— Anonymous

The patient decides when it's best to go.

— Jack Kevorkian