There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.

There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

A thief believes everybody steals.

Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.

Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.

Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.

If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.

The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will come; if you don't, there's no hope for you.

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.

The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.

I don't sit in the corner waiting for death: death has to pursue me. I'm going strong. I hope to reach 100 and ask for an extension, just like my grandmother did.

When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.

I'd hope to reach any kid who feels apart from the group - those who seem to be outsiders, who feel different. Kids who want to reach their parents often don't know how to do so.

If we can just take a few companies, and use those as models, as examples, to show the rest of corporate America how they can become more competitive, that's what I'd like to do and that's what I hope to do.

It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.

Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.

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.

Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her.

What can you say about such a man as Christopher Reeve? He embodied all the best that a human being can hope to be.

Hope springs eternal, even in politics.

When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way.

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.

I've been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.

We hope to do the Spanish Tragedy based on the play by Thomas Kyd.