Still desiring, we live without hope.
[It., Senza speme vivemo in desio.]

Still desiring, we live without hope.
[It., Senza speme vivemo in desio.]

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there read more

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds read more

Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of to-day, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow.

Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak read more

Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.

You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich read more

You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of read more

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out

For hope is but the dream of those that wake. -Matthew Prior.

For hope is but the dream of those that wake. -Matthew Prior.