“Hope is not blind optimism. It’s not ignoring the enormity…

“Hope is not blind optimism. It’s not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead, or the roadblocks that stand in our path. It’s not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it, work for it, and fight for it.” - Barack Obama

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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God. - View Quote Details on Even now I am full of hope, but the end…
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. - View Quote Details on Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a…
If we were logical, the future would be bleak indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith and we have hope, and we can work. - View Quote Details on If we were logical, the future would be bleak indeed…
We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes. - View Quote Details on We should not let our fears hold us back from…
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A leader is a dealer in hope. - View Quote Details on A leader is a dealer in hope.
Remember there is always hope. - View Quote Details on Remember there is always hope.
I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy. - View Quote Details on I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving…
Light tomorrow with today. - View Quote Details on Light tomorrow with today.
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out. - View Quote Details on Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out…