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A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

— Elizabeth Edwards

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

— Vaclav Havel

Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.

— James E. Faust

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

— Thales

Hope makes people good, a lot of the time. You hope for a brighter future, and resentment is outweighed.

— Daisy Ridley

Hope is not just... out in the sky, or accepting the facts or reality. Hope is having optimistic, positive expectations.

— Craig Sager

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

— Vincent McNabb

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

✗Opposing Perspectives

Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse.

— Karl A. Menninger

Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you.

— Vaclav Havel

Hope is the anchor of our souls. I know of no one who is not in need of hope - young or old, strong or weak, rich or poor.

— James E. Faust