True hope is cleareyed. It sees all the difficulties that exist and all the potential for failure, but through that carves a realistic path to a better future.

Hope gives us the courage to confront our circumstances and the capacity to surmount them.

I had learned that every patient has the right to hope, despite long odds, and it was my role to help nurture that hope.

False hope can lead to intemperate choices and flawed decision making. True hope takes into account the real threats that exist and seeks to navigate the best path around them.

Hope can be imagined as a domino effect, a chain reaction, each increment making the next increase more feasible... There are moments of fear and doubt that can deflate it.

There is an authentic biology of hope. Belief and expectation - the key elements of hope - can block pain by releasing the brain's endorphins and enkephalins, mimicking the effects of morphine.

Hope is the elevating feeling we experience when we see - in the mind's eye - a path to a better future.

Even when there is no longer hope for the body, there is always hope for the soul.

On average, physicians interrupt patients within eighteen seconds of when they begin telling their story.

Hope differs from optimism. Hope does not arise from being told to "think positively," or from hearing an overly rosy forecast. Hope, unlike optimism, is rooted in unalloyed reality.

Hope, true hope, has proved as important as any medication I might prescribe or any procedure I might perform.

We came to this world with nothing but love and blessing. The purpose of our life is to be happy by loving and serving.

I hope I'm saving lives. There are very few people in their careers that have the opportunity to do something to benefit mankind.

DUST includes rarities, demos, unreleased songs and instrumentals, live recordings, and more.

It's funny how things happen in life. Sometimes, you just take the opportunity when it comes. Life can be surprising.

Damned, damned be the rich! May not even their fingernails be left!... I'm sure that they are going to Hell head-first.

Why is it so difficult to find God? Because you're looking for something you've never lost.

When I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison.

What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.

The lesser of two evils, or the least of the worst, is not good enough for the American people anymore.

I wake up and I do class straight away, so that gives me a free day to do things.