#hope

Hope Was but a timid friend; She sat without the grated den, Watching how my fate would tend, Even as selfish-hearted men. She was cruel in her fear; Through the bars one dreary day, I looked out to see her there, And she turned her face away! Like a false guard, false watch keeping, Still, in strife, she whispered peace; She would sing while I was weeping; If I listened, she would cease. False she was, and unrelenting; When my last joys strewed the ground, Even Sorrow saw, repenting, Those sad relics scattered round; Hope, whose whisper would have given Balm to all my frenzied pain, Stretched her wings, and soared to heaven, Went, and ne'er returned again! ↗

— Emily Brontë

#men

Let my body dwell in poverty, and my hands be as the hands of the toiler; but let my soul be as a temple of remembrance where the treasures of knowledge enter and the inner sanctuary is hope. ↗

— George Eliot

#knowledge #memory #poverty #work #poverty

It might be depressing, but it's also the truth that no one has the power, the money, or the resources to save everyone on the planet from going hungry, living in poverty or allowed basic human rights. But consider the other side of this: there are people in this world who truly WOULD do all of these things for everyone if only they could. There is hope after all. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#hope #human-rights #hunger #inequality #injustice

It's hard to stay committed when our heart isn't in it. ↗

— Deborah Day

#committed #hope #motivation #motivational

Fear should not be a reason to abandon all hope. Instead, face fear and allow it to be a positive motivation in your life. Proclaim victory over the 'How can I' and declare 'when can I'. After all, you only live once. ↗

— Gregory E. Sapp

#glory #hope #motivational #life

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don'tgive up. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#hope #motivation #motivational

a sincere promise, coupled with a helping hand, can bring hope where before there had been only despair. ↗

— Richard Sagor

#motivation #promise #support #motivational

It's old, very old I think. Made up long ago in our hills. What my music teacher calls a mountain air. But the words are easy and soothing, promising tomorrow will be more hopeful than this awful piece of time we call today. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#music #music

By the time the last few notes fade, his hope will be restored, but each time he's force to resort to the Adagio it becomes harder, and he knows its effect is finite. There are only a certain number of Adagios left in him, and he will not recklessly spend this precious currency. ↗

— Steven Galloway

#music #music

. . .where there is no more hope, song remains. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#hopelessness #music #song #music