Hope
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Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.
Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.
The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.
Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don't give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.
I am closest to my mother, as she is my rock, my pillar of strength, and my world. Not only has she stood by me through all times - happy, sad, and otherwise - but there have even been moments when I had completely lost hope, and her immense belief in me had lifted me up.
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.
A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.
Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.
All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile — hoping it will eat him last.
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are.
A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."