Hope

"Most of the most important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."
-Dale Carnegie

"I have learned two lessons in my life: first, there are no sufficient literary, psychological, or historical answers to human tragedy, only moral ones. Second, just as despair can come to one another only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings."
-Elie Wiesel

"If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  1. Anonymous21 February, 2009 16:32

    Yes, Whit, Hope is all important. But without faith and charity it is nothing. And unless that Hope eventually is in Christ, it is all a vain hope. I enjoy your musings and comments. It is such a blessing to have a brilliant mind. Thanks so much for using it! Gpa Hess

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