Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

The hope, the hope that lives in the breast of the black American, is just so tremendous that it overwhelms me sometimes.

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

For he who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

If we had no hope - for a cure, for winning the lottery, for falling in love, for the end of war, for being free of abuse, or for having food, warmth, clothing, and shelter - we would have no reason to go on. What you hope for doesn't matter, but rather the essence of hope itself.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope.

We can live with lots of things, but we can't live without imagination, we can't live without hope.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?

To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.

Hope is a talent like any other.

Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

Great hopes make great men.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing.

The theological virtue of hope is the patient and trustful willingness to live without closure, without resolution, and still be content and even happy because our Satisfaction is now at another level, and our Source is beyond ourselves.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

Being ambitious, driven, and passionate can sometimes come at a cost and warp our sense of perspective: when we constantly work and strive to be better, we can find ourselves dwelling on mistakes of the past or putting pressure on what we'll do in the future, rather than living in the present.

Strivers achieve what dreamers believe.

Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Hope is much more than wishful thinking. Hope is a way of moving through the world.

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

Hope is a risk that must be run.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

Hope is a waking dream.

Ambition has developed into a passion which drives women, as well as men, to great works - and small deeds. Formerly competitors in the race for men, they are now competing in the race for social tasks and distinctions.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

Hope is a contraband passed from hand to hand and story to story.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.

Hope is the denial of reality.

Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you.

Hope is the anchor of our souls. I know of no one who is not in need of hope - young or old, strong or weak, rich or poor.

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

Hope is the most exciting thing in life, and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away, there is still that chance all through your life that it will.

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.

Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.

Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories.

While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.

If people long to create a better world, then we must use our platform to nurture imagination - hopeful ideas, fresh alternatives, belief that the way things are isn't the way things need to be.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.