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Hopeful Quotes — page 145 of 783

Stephen Jay Gould Paleontologist, Evolutionary Biologist
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“Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on the geological clock. Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient world to our purposes, ignorant perhaps of the messages buried in its long history. Let us hope that we are still in the early morning of our April day.”

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Steven Wilson Musician
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“You've got a lot pulling at your time already - which may be the best reason to start cultivating your green thumb.”

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Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor
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“Well, the task I've set forth will long outlive our own generation. But together, we too have come through the worst. Let us now begin a major effort to secure the best- a crusade for freedom that will engage the faith and fortitude of the next generation. For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.”

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Naguib Mahfouz Novelist
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“For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any indulgence. I dearly wished that it would keep going without hesitation or deviation, in a spirit of purity forever.”

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“No man is happy without a goal, and no man can be happy without faith in his own ability to reach that goal.”

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Kadir Nelson Illustrator
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“Much of the message that I try to put across to students is that they have to figure out what they really like to do and find a way to do that as an adult for their jobs. A lot of people have jobs they don't like, and it makes for very unhappy people. So I tell them if you like to write, or run around, or dig in the dirt, then find a job that will allow you to do that, and you'll be happy.”

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Omar Khayyam Poet, Mathematician, Astronomer
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“Thy Return is as another Sun to Heaven; a new Rose blooming in the Garden of the Soul.”

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Omar Khayyam Poet, Mathematician, Astronomer
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“Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly-and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing.”

Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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“Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself”

Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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“I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors, Rome went, Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become Westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation.”

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J. R. R. Tolkien Novelist, Scholar
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“When Summer lies upon the world, and in a noon of gold, Beneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of trees unfold; When woodland halls are green and cool, and wind is in the West, Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is best!”

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J. R. R. Tolkien Novelist, Scholar
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“I stand in Minas Anor, the Tower of the Sun; and behold! the Shadow has departed! I will be a Shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying. I will be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.”

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Ziggy Marley Musician
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“No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now.”

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