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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing.

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.

There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.

I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping.

Optimism is an expectation that good things are going to be plentiful. The wealthy generally have the sense that life will bring good rather than bad outcomes. That doesn't mean they believe that good things will be omnipresent, but that they will outnumber the not-so-good.

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