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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.
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.
The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal read more
The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by read more
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.
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!
A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope.
A whole stack of memories never equal one little 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.
Hope! thou nurse of young desire.
Hope! thou nurse of young desire.