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" Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of depression. "

Mariella Frostrup

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" Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order. "

Gustav Heinemann

" What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. "

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

" To serve as prime minister while being too mindful of the approval rating is like serving as a prime minister on a roller coaster. What is important, I believe, is that I really act on promises that I make and leave results. Leave a track record and show that to the Japanese public, who will, at the end of the day, I hope, appreciate it. "

" I don't believe that I'm better than anybody, but I do believe that I'll try harder than most and I hope that people just join me for a little bit of a ride. "

" Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. "

Friedrich Nietzsche

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

Leonardo da Vinci

" I think there is an enormous sea change happening in the global workforce. It has a lot to do with globalization. I think that people used to have a hope for a career or meaningful employment, and its been reduced to internships, part-time work or just grossly underpaid work. "

" It just goes to show, if you remain focused and you have a dream and you have a desire to do something, then no matter what gets in your way, you can never lose hope. It's possible. "

" It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. "

William Makepeace Thackeray

" I recognise my old self in a lot of the letters I get from single women who are unrealistic about what they want. "

Mariella Frostrup

" I was always a fan of the old-style comics. I loved vaudeville. I loved Milton Berle, Dick Shawn, Phyllis Diller, Don Rickles, Charlie Callas, all those guys. Hilarious. I love the Bing Crosby and Bob Hope movies, and Abbott & Costello. My television influences were 'Monty Python's Flying Circus,' 'Benny Hill,' and 'Hee Haw.' "

Larry the Cable Guy

" Hope is a risk that must be run. "

Georges Bernanos

" I never had to look for confidence because I just wore what I wanted to wear. I would never wear anything to offend my husband or my mother, but outside of that, I always figured, I hope I'm not a rebel, and I hope everybody liked it. And if they didn't like it, it really was not going to disturb me because it was their problem, not mine. "

" A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea. "

" We often call a certainty a hope, to bring it luck. "

Elizabeth Bibesco

" Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away. "

" The great hope for a quick and sweeping transition to renewable energy is wishful thinking. "

" It saddens me to see the reality-television shows that are getting so much fanfare that are a celebration of stupidity and the degradation of women. And those women are consistently wearing too short, too tight dresses. I hope the trend of aging gracefully returns. "

" I doubt I'll be singing forever, because at some point people aren't going to want to hear my music, and I hope that I'll still get the opportunity to write songs. "

" I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you. "

" You hope your buddies will win so you don't have to loan them any money. "

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

" I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away. "

" Kids are like glue: they can bond together, unlikely companions, even when there is little else left to maintain the connection. "

Mariella Frostrup

" When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way. "

" When I was a little kid, I looked up to other people, so I hope that I can inspire little kids. "

Laurie Hernandez

" Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. "

" To live without Hope is to Cease to live. "

Fyodor Dostoevsky

" I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox. "