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

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.

The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible.

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.