“Hope puts up with modest gains, realizing that the longest journey starts with one step.” RealizingStepsJourneyGainsHopefulModest Author:James Keller
“Hope regards problems, small or large, as opportunities.” ProblemOpportunityRegardHopeful Author:James Keller
“Torn' is hopeful. It's a book that meets you in your pain and shows you how to move forward with life and in your walk with God.” BookShowsPainMovingWalksMoving ForwardHopefulTornWalking With God Author:Jud Wilhite
“I was on Batman with "Superheavy" or "Zero Year" where there was a lot of fun and bombast, but it was also personal. [In All-Star], I wanted to take that to its complete extreme, like the end of the Earth extreme, where it's over-the-top humorous, yet at the same time really deeply about what I think is of this particular moment in time, at least for me. The things I'm terrified of and the things I'm hopeful about. My life is the page.” ThinkingYearsEndsMomentsWantedEarthLife IsFunStarsParticularPagesHumorousExtremesHopefulZeroTerrifiedMoments In TimeOver The TopReally DeepAll Stars Author:Scott Snyder
“[ This Is Us] is a character-driven dramedy, in which you will laugh. You may have to pull out your tissue box from time-to-time. But it will sort of reaffirm your desire to move forward in life. It's a very hopeful show.” MayCharacterShowsMovingDesireLaughingBoxesDrivenMoving ForwardHopefulTissuesForward In Life Author:Sterling K. Brown
“It's hard to look at [Donald] Trump as a hopeful sign because, in his own way, he is offering false solutions to many problems.” WayLooksHardProblemTrumpSolutionsHopefulOffering Author:Jane Mayer
“Building on our Young South-east Asian Leaders Initiative, I'm hopeful that we can continue expand the ties and cooperation between our young people and students.” PeopleYoungLeaderStudentsBuildingSouthEastTiesHopefulCooperationInitiativeAsian Author:Barack Obama
“We live in a cynical world now, and it's nice to be part of entertainment that is hopeful and heartfelt and wears its heart on its sleeve, but isn't saccharine. It's real. It's grounded.” WorldHeartRealNiceEntertainmentHopefulCynicalGroundedSleevesHeartfelt Author:Mandy Moore
“I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways. It helped me because, in general, they've made me hopeful. I just figure things will eventually work out for me. But nobody is like any Tom Hanks character. Nobody is Hugh Grant. No one is Meg Ryan!” WayKindMadeCharacterHurtComedyFiguresExpectationsWork OutHopefulGrantsTomsHurt MeMegUnrealistic Expectations Author:Mindy Kaling
“I don't think that I am hopeful because I have some data that you don't, that I am going to share with you and going to convince you on that basis.” ThinkingShareBasesDataHopefulConvince Author:Jonathon Keats
“I'm certainly dismayed by what I'm seeing now. There's a lot of ugliness of a kind I've never seen in my lifetime, or heard in my lifetime. But, look, I'm a romantic. I'm hopeful.” LooksKindSeeingHeardLifetimeHopefulUglinessDismayed Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I have failed at unscripted television for five years now, so I am hopeful I can break that trend and get a good unscripted show on the air.” YearsI CanShowsBreakFiveAirTelevisionFive YearsHopefulTrends Author:Bradley Fuller
“Making is always a slightly hopeful thing because once you've made something, it'll - the world will be different.” WorldMadeDifferentHopeful Author:Anne Carson
“India is a huge democracy. Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi has ambitions to try to fix the infrastructure, the rules, taxes, education, and to lift up the Indian people. And we're hopeful that that's going to create positive momentum.” PeopleTryingDemocracyHugeTaxesAmbitionIndiaIndianLiftsMinistersHopefulPrimePrime MinisterInfrastructureMomentum Author:Jamie Dimon
“What a pleasure to hear Michael Savage backtalk to Hillary [Clinton]. You know, there is such hypocrisy with her. I didn't start out as a Clinton basher; I started out hopeful years ago. What she's doing here is merely damage control because her drugs have come under criticism.” KnowsYearsPleasureDrugYears AgoCriticismClintonDamageHypocrisyHopefulSavagesBashersDamage Control Author:Peter Breggin
“The American movement, Tea Party, whatever you want to call it, I think that is a very hopeful moment for the country and, I know, we really are the community organizers, are we not?” ThinkingKnowsWantCountryMomentsCommunityPartyMovementTeaHopefulTea PartyOrganizer Author:Laura Ingraham
“The Republican leadership is quite hopeful at this time that they will have wide latitude. [Donald] Trump is a big visionary guy, not a detail guy, obviously. They are preparing to charge ahead with a Republican, a conservative agenda that Paul Ryan talked about a lot on the campaign trail.” BigsGuyTrumpRepublicanConservativeDetailsWideCampaignsHopefulAgendasPreparingTrailsVisionariesLatitude Author:George Stephanopoulos
“Looking to the future, the words uncertain and scared near the top but hopeful and optimistic prevail and beneath the division one sign of civility, 73 percent of Americans have a close friend or family member who voted for an opposing candidate.” MembersPercentScaredOptimisticCandidatesHopefulDivisionUncertainCivilityOpposingFamily MembersClose FriendsLooking To The Future Author:George Stephanopoulos
“I am very hopeful that there is a solution to the Israeli/Palestinian injustice.” SolutionsInjusticeHopefulPalestinianIsraeli Author:Mairead Corrigan
“I wanted to create a story that would address America's history, successes, and problems while pointing to a hopeful resolution. I wanted it to be told from the perspective of an "Everyman" point of view.” StoriesProblemWantedAmericaViewsPerspectivePoint Of ViewAddressesHopefulResolutionPointingEveryman Author:Sho Baraka
“I am hopeful that the pendulum swings toward seeing immigrants in favorable terms once more.” TermSeeingHopefulImmigrantsSwingsPendulums Author:Andrew Lam
“I seem to be less depressed but also less hopeful now in my thirties. My widow's peak bothers me. I think a lot about the end of the human race. And so on.” ThinkingHumansEndsSeemsRaceBotherHuman RaceHopefulWidows Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“By so many measures, our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we first got here. And I'm hopeful we'll build on the progress we've made in the years to come.” YearsFirstsMadeCountryProgressStrongerOur CountryHopefulProsperous Author:Barack Obama
“I think because the show ["Grant MacLaren"] is essentially a hopeful show. The show says that as bleak as the future is, the one thing that mankind developed was the ability to send their consciousness back and where a lot of the institutions of modern life have fallen apart.” ThinkingShowsAbilityConsciousnessOne ThingModernMankindInstitutionsFallenHopefulGrantsModern LifeBleak Author:Eric McCormack
“My hope would be that, as we're moving through the world right now, we're able to get that psychological or emotional peace by seeing very concretely our kids doing better and being more hopeful and having greater opportunities.” WorldWould BeKidsAbleMovingOpportunityGreaterSeeingEmotionalRight NowPsychologicalHopeful Author:Barack Obama
“The traditional media does not have the kind of reporting muscle on the ground that it used to. I was very hopeful that the new digital media operations would pick up that slack, and a lot of them are trying and they're doing creative things. But none of them can scale appropriately to have enough journalistic firepower as well.” TryingWellsKindDoeEnoughUsedCreativeMediaPicksScalesTraditionalOperationsMusclesHopefulDigitalJournalisticDigital Media Author:Edward Greenspon
“R&D generally has been a bipartisan thing, because in the IT space, in the medical space, the U.S., the benefits to ourselves and the world and our economy have been very, very clear. I'm hopeful we can make a very strong case there. Energy is actually harder; it takes more time to get a product, but if you do it's a very, very big market and the constraints of doing that in a clean way are more obvious all the time.” IfsWorldWayHas BeensBigsEnergyStrongSpaceCasesEconomyClearProductsBenefitsHarderCleanObviousMedicalHopefulMore TimeVery StrongConstraintsBipartisan Author:Bill Gates
“I actually feel pretty inspired and hopeful by the fact that protests are becoming the norm now. They're less part of fringe society and more a part of mainstream society. That's exciting. There is no fringe anymore. We should all be included.” FeelsShouldFactsBecomingExcitingInspiredHopefulProtestMainstreamNormFringeMainstream Society Author:Nelly Furtado
“When we aren't collectively imagining hopeful futures, then the way things are going almost invariably seems negative and frightening.” WaySeemsNegativeHopefulFrighteningHopeful Future Author:Mohsin Hamid
“That something that really concerns me because I have good reason to believe and be hopeful, rather, this was the best posture of any Republican in history towards LGBTQ issues.” BelieveReasonIssuesRepublicanConcernHopefulPosture Author:Margaret Hoover
“My view is that our minds are incredibly powerful animals that are, during life, kept somewhat in check by the load of our bodies. Once that load is gone (or so some ancient texts teach us) the mind is like a horse off the tether. So the habits we get into here might have something to do with what happens to us afterwards. An exciting but harrowing idea, given the everyday state of my mind. But also hopeful, since that's something a person can work with.” MindPersonsIdeasStatesBodyMightHappensGivenAnimalViewsPowerfulTeachGoneHabitExcitingHorseEverydayAncientChecksHopefulLoadOf My Mind Author:George Saunders
“Zombies aren't about zombies. It's not about the dead bodies. I think it's a very hopeful subgenre. It says that regardless of what happens, humanity will get through it. We'll figure out a way to survive.” ThinkingWayBodyHappensHumanityFiguresHopefulZombie Author:Gene Luen Yang
“I want my work to always be hopeful, in the end. You're giving me two hours, and, in Shots Fired's case, 10 hours of your life. I don't want you to ever leave something I've done feeling worse than when you came in. I hope the work can be aspirational, and aspirational doesn't have to be corny at all.” WantGivingTwoEndsDoneFeelingsHoursCasesShotsHopefulCorny Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood
“I hear from readers a good deal, and I try to answer every letter. I think, because of my commitment to issues of conservation and good agriculture and peaceableness, they find something hopeful in my work.” ThinkingTryingAnswersDealsIssuesReaderCommitmentLettersHopefulAgricultureConservation Author:Wendell Berry
“Maybe I'm naive, but I still have a little bit of faith in the structure of the United States government and thinking that one man can't ruin everything. I don't know if it's just because I'm hopeful or cynical, but I just don't think one man can change everything. It's just like I didn't think Obama could save the country by himself. I don't think Trump can ruin the country all by himself. I don't know. I hope I'm right.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenLittlesStillsCountryStatesGovernmentBitsUnitedUnited StatesTrumpLittle BitStructureRuinsHopefulOne ManCynicalNaiveState GovernmentUnited States Government Author:Michael Che
“Ultimately, I think people are so hopeful for having some joy in life that is really hard to find. You can't make a living, and the idea of doing one small bank robbery or something, just trying to find your way in a life, finding your footing and ending up behind bars.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingIdeasHardJoyBehindsFindingsBarsHopefulRobberyBank Robbery Author:Natasha Lyonne
“You can't anticipate history. It's only when you look back you see what the Romans did, and what various other empires did, what the British Empire did. We're now beginning to see the long shadow that it created, so one must be hopeful and say that what's going on in Asia, that what's going on in the Middle East, that all these various areas of conflict, that they will pass and move onto another area. But it would seem that the natural order of things is there is this cyclic behavior of destruction followed by a calm period.” LooksLongSeemsMovingOrderNaturalMiddlePeriodsConflictBehaviorShadowAreasDestructionCalmVariousBritishEastHopefulEmpiresMiddle EastAsiaAnticipateBritish EmpireNatural OrderLong Shadows Author:Roma Tearne
“I truly believe —particularly in this political climate—I have to make my contribution a hopeful one. I can’t see the world any other way. To whom much is given, much is expected. You can’t come to me and expect that I’m going to be giving up on people, or on our society.” PeopleWorldGivingBelievePoliticalGiving UpHopeful Author:Measha Brueggergosman
“I felt saddened and confused to discover my favorite mural gone, but also hopeful that another one may be in the works. Street art is mysterious and impermanent like that. It can appear or disappear overnight. Murals like these are at risk of desecration, transformation, erasure. Someone's gonna piss on it, draw a mustache on it, tag it. The weather's going to make it fade. That's part of the beauty, I think. Murals have value without being precious.” ThinkingArtValuesRiskArt IsTransformationMy FavoriteDisappearMysteriousConfusedHopefulMustacheSaddenedMural Author:Emily Raboteau
“I think there are some people who don't have dreams so much - they have a job and money they earn. That sounds sort of condescending, but I think having a dream just makes you more happy and hopeful and gives you a reason to have the next day.” PeopleThinkingGivingReasonDreamHopefulCondescending Author:Marcy Dermansky
“Hate crimes have increased since the election of Donald Trump. So I'm not surprised. I'm hopeful, very vigilant. We're seeing the same thing as what happened in 1933, when a politician stokes fears and grievances to rally them for a nationalist cause. But nationalism to the exclusion of other people is not nationalism, that's xenophobia.” PeopleHateCrimePoliticianElectionHopefulNationalismGrievance Author:Christian Picciolini
“I'm hopeful because people are ready to step up and educate people, support peaceful protest, and make their voices heard. People are motivated to make a positive difference.” PeopleSupportPeacefulHopefulProtestMotivatedEducateStep Up Author:Christian Picciolini
“I would say that, from an agricultural perspective, I have a little bit of concern, because some of the folks I don't know are particularly supportive of the renewable fuel industry and the renewable fuel standard, which is a big part of certainly Midwestern agriculture. I'm hopeful that, when we see his ultimate selection for ag secretary, that we will see someone who is a strong advocate for renewable fuels, and what that means to Midwestern producers. And, for that matter, now, all over the country, we're seeing more and more of the biofuels being produced from a variety of sources.” MeanCountryStrongPerspectiveConcernUltimateProducersVarietyHopefulSecretarySupportive Author:Tom Vilsack
“I have optimism and am incredibly hopeful for the future. I often say to friends, it's always darkest before the dawn, and lets be frank there's a lot of darkness out there right now, at least at a macro level. But once you drill down through that I think there's so much light, or at least the chance for it to erupt and illuminate the dark.” ThinkingDarkChanceDarknessOptimismHopefulFrank Author:Lawrence English
“I see a lot of things I'm so excited and hopeful about film and TV in Canada. There's just a huge movement, I think, in seeking an identity as Canadians, and really forging it and really embracing all the parts of us as Canadians that come from such varied experiences and such varied cultures. And I think there are strong voices that come out.” ThinkingFilmCultureStrongIdentityExcitedHopeful Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I think what we're hopeful is through this Syrian process, working with coalition members, working with the U.N., and in particular working through the Geneva process, that we can navigate a political outcome in which the Syrian people, in fact, will determine Bashar al-Assad's fate and his legitimacy.” PeopleThinkingPoliticalFateDetermineHopeful Author:Rex W. Tillerson
“Once the ISIS threat has been reduced or eliminated, I think we can turn our attention directly to stabilizing the situation in Syria. We're hopeful that we can prevent a continuation of the civil war and that we can bring the parties to the table to begin the process of political discussions.” ThinkingWarPoliticalPartyAttentionSituationThreatDiscussionCivil WarHopefulSyria Author:Rex W. Tillerson
“We're hopeful that Russia will choose to play a constructive role in supporting ceasefires through their own Astana talks, but also, ultimately, through Geneva. And if we can achieve ceasefires in zones of stabilization in Syria, then I believe we will have the conditions to begin a useful political process.” BelievePoliticalI BelieveAchieveHopefulZoneSyria Author:Rex W. Tillerson