There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.
Mary WortleyTo do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being.
Sir John LubbockI hope that my experiences in my life have actually helped me understand that I do want crime tackled [on smoking cannabis]
Jacqui SmithHistory teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when people begin to live a little better - and when they see how much yet remains to be achieved.
Hubert H HumphreyThis tour takes the rarely seen trophy - the jewel in the crown of world football - to fans around the world, with the aim of spreading happiness and hope to make the world a better place.
Sepp BlatterHope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
Samuel SmilesTake hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey.
OuidaEven a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.
Vaclav HavelThey look quite promising in the shop, and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.
Joyce GrenfellThis spirit of cooperation will, I hope, lead to many more measures that will benefit all in the region.
Jack StrawSkilled to pull wires he baffles nature's hope, who sure intended him to stretch a rope
James Russell LowellSure I love Goldie. How could you not love Goldie? Everyone loves Goldie. I love her, and I hope our love will continue, but I don't want to give an I-love-Goldie-Hawn interview.
Kurt RussellA child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own. In prayer, how earnest; in joy, how sparkling; in sympathy, how tender! The man who never tried the companionship of a little child has carelessly passed by one of the great pleasures of life, as one passes a rare flower without plucking it or knowing its value
Caroline NortonA lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.
William J ClintonTo hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.
Erich FrommThere is no hope of bailing out of a speedboat racer.
Donald CampbellWe welcome the new Pope and wish him every success in the daunting challenges that lie ahead.
...We hope that he will continue along the path of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II in working to enhance relations with the Jewish people and the State of Israel. [on the election of Pope Benedict XVI]
Jonathan SacksHe that lives in hope dances without music.
George HerbertHope is the thing with feathers
Emily DickinsonI hope that Peter believes in what I can achieve [on appearing on show Tycoon with Peter Jones]
Lauren PopeHope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.
William Sloane Coffin JrI'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future pluses
Katherine MansfieldI hope you will also pay attention to two other duets... one with Carrie-Margaret Frey and the other with Lisa Carrie. These ladies have worked with me for a good many years, and I picked the great old love songs to sing with them.
Eddy ArnoldI just hope they never find out about my involvement in the Boston Brinks robbery.
Jim GarrisonChrist is the foundation of all our hopes for time and for eternity. Oh, build on this divine foundation! All other foundations are sinking sand.
Robert Stuart MacArthurWith the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.
Franklin PierceHope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of life along an agreeable road
Duc De La RochefoucauldUnfortunately we couldn't pull through with the win but I enjoyed it very much and hopefully I'll play for many years to come. [on losing to England in 2005]
AB De VilliersI have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
Henry MillerFew things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. [Not off a cliff, we hope]
Richard DeVosSo many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.
Gordon W AllportCricket is a game full or forlorn hopes and sudden dramatic changes of fortune and its rules are so ill-defined that their interpretation is partly an ethical business.
George OrwellI hope for his sake he has a long and illustrious career. But when he finds out what women are all about we'll see, won't we? [on Michael van Gerwen]
Martin AdamsAn adolescent is somebody who is in between things. A teenager is somebody who's kind of permanently there. And so living with them through the various teenage hopes and sorrows and joys was curiously enough a maturing experience for me.
Andrew GreeleyIt was a tough role to take on so I'm really pleased with how it turned out and it's as good as I could have hoped for really.
Dominic PurcellYesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
Charles M Schulz I hope Demi, Bruce and I help other divorced people.
Ashton KutcherThe natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Samuel JohnsonThe sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
Thomas HardyWith this book, I truly hope to reach everyone that I don't bump into on the street and share my story.
Teri HatcherIn the long run I certainly hope information is the cure for fanaticism, but I am afraid information is more the cause than the cure.
Daniel DennettHopefully I'll be here for the rest of my career.
Lawrie SanchezLet's face it, I haven't got a hope in hell of winning [on his election stand]
Garry BushellI hear Peter Ebdon swims a mile every day. That means that in a year he could be 365 miles away. That is the best that we can hope for after this. If this was a boxing match it would have been stopped on Sunday night to spare the fans any more punishment
Barry HearnI cannot believe that you've given us [me] a hundred grand... other contestants are telling me to spend it wisely and stuff, I hope they don't feel sorry for us [me], I have a great family and life. [The Geordie on being given £100k on Big Brother 8]
Liam McGoughHope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.
Thornton WilderGratitude is merely the secret hope of further favours.
Duc De La RochefoucauldAll kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
Magic JohnsonI've moved on and, hopefully, so has everyone else.
Nick LeesonWho bids me Hope, and in that charming word
Has peace and transport to my soul restor'd.
Lord George Lyttleton
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