"At the edge of despair dawns a clarity in which one is almost happy." - Jean Anouilh


"Misfortune is an occasion to demonstrate character." - Seneca


"There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens." - Andre Gide


"Deprive the average man of his life's illusions, and you rob him of his happiness." - Ibsen


"Should a single disappointed hope make us so hostile towards the world?" - Ledding


"Hope walks with life, only in death does hope end." - Theocritus


"That is the mystery of grace: it never comes too late." - Fracois Mauriac


"O Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" - Shelley


"True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings; Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings." - Shakespeare


"If you have hoped and your expectation was not fulfilled, then go on hoping." - Talmud


"We have no ultimate assurance, we have only hope." - Ernst Bloch


"The most distant goal is attainable to him who hopes wisely." - Lope de Vega


"The boldest and most ridiculous hopes have sometimes been the cause of extraordinary success."