A leader is a dealer in hope.

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out good hope of the advantages they would have.

For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?

The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.

Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

You don’t have to depend on any material possessions, they depend on you, you create them, you own the one and only tool of production.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

A fast way to demolish relationships, shatter credibility and disrespect yourself is by not following through when you say you are going to do something.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.