Words of Hope

“We judge a man’s wisdom by his hope”. Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

“And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.” Job 11:17

“If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your older brother, and hope your guardian genius.” Joseph Addison.

“Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations.” Romans 4:18

“Hope is only the love of life.” Henri Frederic Amiel

“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.” Robert Luis Stevenson

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” Emily Dickinson

“Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind but leave-oh! Leave the light of Hope behind.” Thomas Campbell

“Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words-‘Wait and hope.’”. Alexandre Dumas

“Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest enterprise that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.” Vaclav Havel.