Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.

A mission is a place where you ask nonbelievers to come and find faith and hope and feel love.

I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship.

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.

You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

The happy Union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.