"Optimism is inevitably the last hope of the defeated"

"Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness"

"A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits"

"Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character"

"Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity"

"Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my only hope is that they are all out of the house before I die"

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

"If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes"

"He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool"

"Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing"

"Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook"