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To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become read more
To 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.
Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. . -Martin Luther King.
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. . -Martin Luther King.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Hope! thou nurse of young desire.
Hope! thou nurse of young desire.
Hope is the power that gives us the power to step out and try.
Hope is the power that gives us the power to step out and try.
Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And hope without an object cannot live.
Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And hope without an object cannot live.
Our greatest good, and what we least can spare,
Is hope: the last of all our evils, fear.
Our greatest good, and what we least can spare,
Is hope: the last of all our evils, fear.
The heart bow'd down by weight of woe,
To weakest hope will cling,
To thought and impulse read more
The heart bow'd down by weight of woe,
To weakest hope will cling,
To thought and impulse while they flow,
That can no comfort bring,
That can, that can no comfort bring,
With those exciting scenes will blend,
O'er pleasure's pathway thrown;
But mem'ry is the only friend
That grief can call its own.