Quotes of Hopeful - somelinesforyou

“ Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the "I" in loving; Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear. ”

- Edmond Rostand

“ All things come to him who waits, but they are mostly leftovers from those who didn't wait. ”

- Evan Esar

“ It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring. ”

- Harriet Martineau

“ The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. ”

- Fran Lebowitz

“ Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other. ”

- Oscar Ameringer

“ Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising. ”

- Cyril Connolly

“ Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties came prepared to forgive, neither party came prepared to be forgiven. ”

- Charles William

“ The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. ”

- Douglas Adams

“ A man is known by the company he keeps, but a woman is known by the company she keeps waiting. ”

- Evan Esar

“ As long as I'm livingI'll be waitingAs long as I'm breathingI'll be thereWhenever you call meI'll be waitingWhenever you need meI'll be there. ”

- Lenny Kravitz

“ As I said before, I am optimistic about that. ”

- Paul Allen

“ I am still optimistic. ”

- Kofi Annan

“ What the inner voice says will not disappoint the hoping soul. ”

- Johann Friedrich von Schiller

“ But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me whole. It's there. I'm already whole. ”

- Sally Field

“ Mars is there, waiting to be reached. ”

- Buzz Aldrin

“ He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete. ”

- Pat Cash

“ I want to be optimistic because I don't think man is intrinsically violent. ”

- Bruce Kent

“ We're all in a waiting game until all the incumbents finalize their decisions. ”

- John Mills

“ If you are with your running mate on stage and the crowd is cheering, you know, you just say whatever is on your mind. ”

- Al Gore

“ Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better. ”

- King Whitney Jr.

“ The question is can this crisis also be an opportunity for bringing some Iraqi political leaders to their senses and encouraging cooperation. In a logical world that may be the case, but this is the Middle East. ”

- James Phillips

“ There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum. ”

- Arthur C. Clarke

“ He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays - cynical, but hopeful. ”

- Dame Rose Macaulay

“ Young people have an almost biological destiny to be hopeful. ”

- Marshall Ganz

“ The first hope of a painter who feels hopeful about painting is the hope that the painting will move, that it will live outside its frame. ”

- Gertrude Stein

“ To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age. ”

- Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“ The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious and may revolutionize a whole town. ”

- Eleanor H. Porter

“ Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. ”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

“ God's plan made a hopeful beginning. But man spoiled his chances by sinning. We trust that the story will end in God's glory. But, at present, the other side's winning. ”

- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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