"Honest winter, snow clad and with the frosted beard, I can welcome not uncordially; but that long deferment of the calendar's promise, that weeping loom of March and April, that bitter blast outraging the honor of May -- how often has it robbed me of heart and hope."

Gissing, George Robert on hope   

"In all things it is better to hope than to despair."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on hope
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"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."

Havel, Vaclav on hope
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"Men and women are limited not by the place of their birth, not by the color of their skin, but by the size of their hope."

Johnson, John on hope
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"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

King Jr. Martin Luther on hope
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"Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent."

Kerr, Jean on hope
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"Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope."

Epictetus on hope
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"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."

Cohen, Leonard on hope
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"To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably."

Channing, William Ellery on hope
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"Where there is no vision, there is no hope."

Carver, George Washington on hope
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"Hope is the best part of our riches."

Bovee, Christian Nevell on hope
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"When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift."

Munro, Hector Hugh on giving   

"Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the law works to give you back more than you give."

Norvell, Anthony on giving   

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

Roosevelt, Franklin D. on giving
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"We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers."

Seneca on giving   

"Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting."

Meltzer, Bernard on giving
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"The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them."

Mckeun, Rod on giving   

"I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare."

Lewis, C. S. on giving
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"In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving."

Kopp, Sheldon on giving
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"While you have a thing it can be taken from you... but when you give it, you have given it. No robber can take it from you. It is yours then for ever when you have given it. It will be yours always. That is to give."

Joyce, James on giving
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"The more sympathy you give, the less you need."

Forbes, Malcolm S. on giving   

"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."

Gibran, Kahlil on giving
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"Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you."

Gide, Andre on giving
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"The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live."

Andrus, Ethel Percy on giving
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"No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning."

Angelis, Barbara De on giving
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"From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life."

Ashe, Arthur on giving
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"Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving."

Bateson, Mary on giving   

"Nature does not give to those who will not spend..."

Baughan, R.J. on giving
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"Give, and it shall be given to you. For whatever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return."

Bible on giving   

"It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving."

Braunstein, Richard on giving
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"The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others."

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De on giving
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"Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not."

Thomson, Virgil on fear
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"To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity."

Weeks, Edward on fear
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"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do."

O'Keeffe, Georgia on fear   

"Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed."

Thompson, Hunter S. on fear   

"Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will."

Stephens, James on fear   

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"We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality."

Seneca on fear
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"He who is afraid of a thing gives it power over him."

Proverb, Moorish on fear
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"If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened."

Patton, George S. on fear   

"Half the things that people do not succeed in are through fear of making the attempt."

Northcote, James on fear