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Human beings have to create hope. They have to. You have to have something you hold onto as being a possibility. Otherwise, why go on?

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

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

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.

The point about hope is that it is something that occurs in very dark moments. It is like a flame in the darkness; it isn't like a confidence and a promise.

And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope-nothing else.

I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.

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.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

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.