But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair,
What was thy delighted measure?
Still it whisper'd promised read more

But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair,
What was thy delighted measure?
Still it whisper'd promised pleasure,
And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail!

Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.

Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only read more

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. -Elie Weisel.

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
[It., Lasciate ogni speranza ch'entrate.]

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
[It., Lasciate ogni speranza ch'entrate.]

A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope.

A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope.

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right read more

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.

There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which read more

There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which fails so regularly, as love.

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.