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.

With life many things are remedied.
(While there's life there's hope.)
[Sp., Con la vida muchas cosas read more

With life many things are remedied.
(While there's life there's hope.)
[Sp., Con la vida muchas cosas se remedian.]

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.

The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

Hope! of all ills that men endure,
The only cheap and universal cure.

Hope! of all ills that men endure,
The only cheap and universal cure.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the read more

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 in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good. -Vaclav Havel.

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.