“We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.”
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Hopeful Quotes — page 248 of 783
“The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.”
“I wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living.”
“Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.”
“America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty - the only one. People went to America to be free.”
“It's never too late to be who you were meant to be.”
“We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.”
“The child has other powers than ours, and the creation he achieves is no small one; it is everything.”
“The teacher's task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.”
“The concept of an education centered upon the care of the living being alters all previous ideas. Resting no longer on a curriculum, or a timetable, education must conform to the facts of human life.”
“More and more, I feel the need for a house and a garden.”
“In the Bible (Hebrews, 6:19), hope is ‘an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.’ Here [in Watts painting], Hope is blindfolded, seated on a globe and playing a lyre of which all but one of the strings are broken . . . Hope’s attempts to make music appear futile and several critics argued that the work might have been more appropriately titledDespair. Watts explained that ‘Hopeneed not mean expectancy. It suggests here, rather, the music which can come from the remaining cord’.”
“To reach a port we must set sail”
“Each day we go to our work in the hope of discovering.”
“For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.”
“In education, once more, the chief things are equality and freedom.”
“Plant the seed of positivity into your mind, nourish it daily with love and happiness will flower, as fear begins to die.”
“Stop expecting others to act first, be the one who makes a positive change.”
“Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome the world.”
“I have found it very important in my own life to try to let go of my wishes and instead to live in hope. I am finding that when I choose to let go of my sometimes petty and superficial wishes and trust that my life is precious and meaningful in the eyes of God something really new, something beyond my own expectations begins to happen for me. (Finding My Way Home)”