Hope Quotes

"I'll seek a four-leaved shamrock in all the fairy dells, And if I find the charmed leaves, oh, how I'll weave my spells! I would not waste my magic might on diamond, pearl, or gold, For treasure tires the weary sense,— such triumph is but cold; But I would play th' enchanter's part, in casting bliss around,— Oh! not a tear, nor aching heart, should in the world be found..."

- Samuel Lover

"Oh, four-leaf clover, ha! ha! ha! I've hunted near, I've hunted far, And now I've found you, tell me true What luck will come to me thro' you?"

- Mary D. Brine

"A little four-leaf clover That by the wayside grew, She stooping plucked and fastened Within her dainty shoe..."

- Mary D. McIntosh

"They say there's a charm in the four-leaf clover And so I will search the whole field over; Over the fragrant grass bent low, To see if the prize hid there, or no."

- Mary D. Brine

"The story of the human race is characterized by efforts to get along much more than by violent disputes, although its the latter that make the history books. Violence is actually exceptional. The human race has survived because of cooperation, not aggression."

- Gerard A. Vanderhaar

"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth."

- George Washington

"I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: Mother, what was war?"

- Eve Merriam

"I hope that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace."

- Benjamin Franklin

"The belief that we some day shall be able to prevent war is to me one with the belief in the possibility of making humanity really human."

- Ellen Key

"War cannot be humanized. It can only be abolished."

- Albert Einstein

"More than just an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed."

- UNESCO Charter

"The only way to abolish war is to make peace heroic."

- James Sidney Hinton

"The pacifists task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war."

- Vera Brittain

"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today."

- John F. Kennedy

"The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military service."

- Albert Einstein

"War will stop when we no longer praise it, or give it any attention at all. Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited."

- Alice Walker

"In this war  as in others  I am less interested in honoring the dead than in preventing the dead."

- Butler Shaffer

"War would end if the dead could return."

- Stanley Baldwin

"Someday theyll give a war and nobody will come."

- Carl Sandburg

"The Future Belongs to Those Who Believe in the Beauty of Their Dreams."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart."

- Anne Frank

"What Cancer Cannot Do Cancer is so limited...It cannot cripple love. It cannot shatter hope. It cannot corrode faith. It cannot eat away peace. It cannot destroy confidence. It cannot kill friendship. It cannot shut out memories. It cannot silence courage. It cannot reduce eternal life. It cannot quench the Spirit."

"Allow yourself to hope and transform dreams into reality this weekend."

""Each Saturday brings new hope, new opportunities, and new reasons to be grateful.""

"As the sun rises on Saturday morning, so do our spirits rise with hope and excitement."

"May this Saturday bring you renewed hope and the strength to conquer any challenges."

"May your Saturday be filled with love, hope, and the promise of a brighter tomorrow."

"To my son on his 40th: May your decade ahead be as bright and promising as you are."

"Happy 40th, my dearest wife! May this milestone be the dawn of our most beautiful years together."