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By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.

Casey Maddox wrote that when philosophy dies, action begins. I would say in addition that when we stop hoping for external assistance, when we stop hoping that the awful situation we're in will somehow resolve itself, when we stop hoping the situation will somehow not get worse, then we are finally free - truly free - to honestly start working to thoroughly resolve it. I would say when hope dies, action begins.

Christianity is realistic because it says that if there is no truth, there is also no hope; and there can be no truth if there is no adequate base. It is prepared to face the consequences of being proved false and say with Paul: If you find the body of Christ, the discussion is finished, let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die. It leaves absolutely no room for a romantic answer.

Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.

Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.

Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential.

Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Despair is better treated with hope, not dope.

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

Difficulty need not foreshadow despair or defeat. Rather achievement can be all the more satisfying because of obstacles surmounted.

Despondency is ingratitude; hope is God's worship.

Do not look forward to the changes and chances of this life in fear; rather look to them with full hope that, as they arise, God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them. He is your keeper. He has kept you hitherto. Do you but hold fast to his dear hand, and he will lead you safely through all things; and, when you cannot stand, he will bear you in his arms. Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow. Our Father will either shield you from suffering, or he will give you strength to bear it.

Do not place hope in finding a secret technique. Polish the mind through ceaseless training; that is the key to effective techniques.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Do not ... hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention, and they will die imperceptibly away. Fix your thoughts upon your business, fill your intervals with company, and sunshine will again break in upon your mind.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

Don’t concern yourself with being right in others’ eyes. And don’t secretly hope that their lives will fall apart so that your opinion will be vindicated. Instead, concentrate on obeying God in your own life and, when possible, helping others to obey Him as well. You don’t have to prove others wrong to continue on the course you know God has shown you.

Dreams are great. When they disappear you may still be there, but you will have ceased to live.

Dreams come a size too big so we can grow into them.

Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death--what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

Even one's yesterdays could not continue to stir and move in a man's mind unless there were a future for those yesterdays to make.

Even the worst moments and the weariest journeys must come to an end.

Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy. That alone, my brothers, is our original sin. I should believe only in a God who understood how to dance.

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.

Every infinity... is made finite to God.

Every problem has two handles. You can grab it by the handle of fear or the handle of hope.

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.

Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Dreams are more powerful than facts.

Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.

Extreme hopes are born of extreme misery, and in such a world hopes could only be irrational.

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

False hope is better than no hope at all.

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.

Four be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.

Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.

For every child that is born, it brings with it the hope that God is not yet disappointed with man.

For one who is indifferent, life itself is a prison. Any sense of community is external or, even worse, nonexistent. Thus, indifference means solitude. Those who are indifferent do not see others. They feel nothing for others and are unconcerned with what might happen to them. They are surrounded by a great emptiness. Filled by it, in fact. They are devoid of all hope as well as imagination. In other words, devoid of any future.

For women who do not love us, as for the "disappeared", knowing that we no longer have any hope does not prevent us form continuing to wait. We live on our guard, on watch; women whose son has gone asea on a dangerous exploration imagine at any minute, although it has long been certain that he has perished, that he will enter, miraculously saved, and healthy.

For where'er the sun does shine, And where'er the rain does fall, Babe can never hunger there, Nor poverty the mind appall.

Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Give humanity hope and it will dare and suffer joyfully, not counting the cost - hope with laughter on her banner and on her face the fresh beauty of morning.