“what is hope?to want? to desire?to expect that what's envisionedmay indeed happen?YES to all of the above.is hope that gut feeling that it'sworth holding outand hanging on for just a little longer?ABSOLUTELY.is hope the core of the human condition?CERTAINLY.can you have hope withoutfaith and humility and wonder?THAT'S TOUGH.just the thought that there's something bigger,something truer, something totally surprisingout there waiting for us is...priceless.what would you be without hopegrowing deep in your bones,thriving in every inch of you?NOTHING.”

“There is a hope that a dog injects into everywalk, more than a hope- an expectation, really- that this si going to be something wonderful. You'll see, says the dog, something great is going to happen- just you wait.”

“We need something to believe in. Doesn't matter what. God, Buddha, Elvis. We all need faith. That's what gives us hope, hope there's something better out there, something to strive for. Hope is what drives you. Hope gets you out of bed, hoping you're going to make that big sale at work, hoping you get to make love to your wife at night. - Paul Busch”

“That's what hope was. Clinging to something you weren't sure would ever be yours. But you had to hold on anyway, because without it, what was the point?”

“Do you know what hope and fear have in common?... They both hold great power. But that power is dependent on both fear and hope together. Think about it. Without the fear of something terrible, you cannot have the hope that it won't happen, you see? Without having hope for something wonderful, you can't have any fear of losing it. They work together, the two most powerful forces we possess.”

“Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can’t simply relax with ourselves. We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment. We feel that someone else knows what's going on, but that there's something missing in us, and therefore something is lacking in our world.”