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" One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. "

Thomas Jefferson

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" You just have to keep trying to do good work, and hope that it leads to more good work. I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Yes, I want to look back and know that I was terrible at a variety of things. "

" How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress. "

" The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. "

" Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. "

Thomas Jefferson

" 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. "

" A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader. "

" In Old Havana, the names of the streets before the revolution provided a glimpse into the city's state of mind. You might have known someone who lived on the corner of Soul and Bitterness, Solitude and Hope, or Light and Avocado. "

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" I feel like I know so little, and I just hope I get to live so long. I came to puberty late; it's all been late. "

" My nephew has type 1 diabetes, and it's my goal and hope that in his lifetime there will be a cure for diabetes. There's no place better to give the money to than the Juvenile Diabetes Association. "

" Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel. "

Leonardo da Vinci

" The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side. "

" I've learnt that through life you just get on with it. You're going to meet a lot of dishonest people along the line and you say good luck to them. I hope they live in comfort. Then I start sticking more pins in their effigies. "

" Hope is a talent like any other. "

" A superhero is someone who, at some point or in some way, inspires hope or is the enemy of cynicism. "

" One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more. "

Thomas Jefferson

" Kennedy was like a rock star. Carter was the earnest outsider at the height of Washington cynicism. Clinton was a bad boy who proposed his 'third way' of Democratic politics, and Obama brought hope and change to a country that so desperately needed it. "

Fabrizio Moreira

" I hope our hopes and aspirations are bigger than setting records. "

" The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors. "

William Hazlitt

" We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. "

Thomas Jefferson

" I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self. "

" Embryonic stem cell research will prolong life, improve life and give hope for life to millions of people. "

" He that lives upon hope will die fasting. "

Benjamin Franklin

" I think if you show up and you work hard and you're straightforward, you can always create your own opportunities. I hope I'm right. "

" Those memories of living in a developing nation are part of who I am today and give me a profound understanding of the challenges of economic development - an understanding which will make my tenure as Peace Corps director, I hope, a very special one. "

" I'll be like Bob Hope, touring when I'm 100. "

" The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. "

Thomas Jefferson

" Put your blog out into the world and hope that your talent will speak for itself. "

" I'm a very contented, peaceful man. I made mistakes, yes, but I accepted them, and, I hope, graciously. "

" It is our hope that the AP program can serve as an anchor for increasing rigor in our schools. Rigor can be maintained while increasing student participation. "

Gaston Caperton

" There is no hope of anyone going to Heaven unless they believe this truth I am presenting. You cannot go to Heaven unless you believe with all your heart that Jesus took your place in Hell. "