Se, a princípio, a ideia não é absurda, então não há esperança para ela.

A duração breve da nossa vida proíbe-nos de alimentar uma esperança longa.

A esperança de gozar cede apenas em prazer à esperança realizada.

O mundo pertence aos otimistas: os pessimistas são meros espectadores.

Otimismo é esperar pelo melhor. Confiança é saber lidar com o pior.

Nada há de bom nesta vida salvo a esperança de uma outra vida.

Há pessoas que choram por saber que as rosas têm espinho. Há outras que sorriem por saber que os espinhos têm rosas!

Pratique a esperança. À media que a esperança se torna um hábito, você consegue alcançar um espírito permanentemente feliz.

Lute com determinação, abrace a vida com paixão, perca com classe e vença com ousadia, porque o mundo pertence a quem se atreve e a vida é muito para ser insignificante.

A verdadeira esperança é uma qualidade, uma determinação heróica da alma. E a mais elevada forma de esperança é o desespero superado.

Acredite que você pode, assim você já está no meio do caminho.

Pessimismo leva à fraqueza, otimismo ao poder.

A esperança é um alimento da nossa alma, ao qual se mistura sempre o veneno do medo.

Todos os dias faça alguma coisa de que você tem medo.

Um dia tudo será excelente, eis a nossa esperança; hoje tudo corre pelo melhor, eis a nossa ilusão.

O presente é a sombra que se move separando o ontem do amanhã. Nela repousa a esperança.

Acredite, existem pessoas que não procuram beleza, mas sim coração.

A esperança é o sonho do homem acordado.

Num certo momento da vida, não é a esperança a última a morrer, mas a morte é a última esperança.

A recordação é a esperança do avesso. Olha-se para o fundo do poço como se olhou para o alto da torre.

The Russian norm is an extremely barbaric state of mind.

Translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes.

I think the greatest reward you get as a writer is finding that people who are reasonably receptive and intelligent have liked your book.

You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.

I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead?

So what it means is when you don't believe in the inevitable, it means you don't expect that that's how things have to turn out. You can change them.

I write in an old-school paneled study in the middle of a large farmhouse in rural Iowa. I have pine floors, a big cherry desk, and a small window. The room is cluttered with papers and books and gifts from friends.

I listen to Billy Joel. He is fabulous. I saw him with Elton John when they toured together, it was so great.

Every time you step into your toilet you should appreciate how your body is expelling toxins and waste. You should feel refreshed and grateful.

I have so many fashion mistakes, but that's part of being in fashion. I think the people that you see make the most mistakes are usually the best dressers.

I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western.

I can't imagine my life any other way than it's been.

Most business people today are not going to invest in the uncertainty that exists in America.

I'm basically a pacifist.

You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren't allowed to be normal.

I can only say it is not for us to decide who should lead Syria. It is for the Syrians to decide.

Trust the man who gifts you lingerie more than the man who gifts you roses, at least the former is clear about his intentions for you.

In metaphysics, the notion that earth and all that's on it is a mental construct is the product of people who spend their lives inside rooms. It is an indoor philosophy.

Ice skating is very difficult. It takes a lot of discipline and a lot of hard work. It's fun, but you are there on the ice every morning freezing and trying to do these moves and these tricks.

China is attempting the death-defying feat, which no one has attempted in the history of the world, which is to move a billion people out of poverty. When I speak to Chinese policy-makers, the thing that annoys them the most about Western policy-makers is that they're not given any credit for anything.

I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.

I always watch Dean Martin's show... just to see if he falls down.