A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.
Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.
I hope that you will learn to take responsibility for your decisions. don't take counsel of your fears.
Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.
But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.
One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.
I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.
Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it.
It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart.
The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people's hope.
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
Under Barack Obama, the only 'Change' is that 'Hope' has been hard to find. Now millions of Americans are insecure about their future. But instead of inspiring us by reminding us of what makes us special, he divides us against each other. He tells Americans they're worse off because others are better off. That people got rich by making others poor.
I hope I'm wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy - worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region.
Designing a house is like doing a movie: Once you're done, you want to say, 'I hope you all enjoy it.'
There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.
Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.
I doubt I'll be singing forever, because at some point people aren't going to want to hear my music, and I hope that I'll still get the opportunity to write songs.
Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.
To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a big comeback. Many Americans share my disappointment - especially those who were filled with great hope a few years ago, when then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois.
Hope and change? We're not doing that anymore. They're doing attack and blame. And so, I just think people are going to see through this. They want real leadership. They want us to get this country on the right track.
We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.
I hope that women everywhere will wear this jewelry and feel the passion and love that is, to me, the real spirit of True Harmony.
Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more.
If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude... I hope to make you use your imagination.
Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.
Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves.
I just hope that theaters remain. I think there's something very wonderful about getting into a dark room with a bunch of people. There's something cool about that. Brings us all together in one room where we can experience all those emotions.
It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
Death is the great hope of all life the desire to expend itself to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.
Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent.
In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!