We cannot protect ourselves from disappointment and still live a fully engaged life.

Imagination belongs to hope. It’s the creative dance of possibility.

Hope dreams into being what is possible but not yet formed.

If I’m going to have hope, I’m going to have to learn to endure disappointment.

A wish is a single unit of hope. It’s a single request for something I dearly desire.

Hope requires waiting. Waiting requires patience.

Don't be afraid that things are changing, because indeed they always are.

Without hope, I wouldn’t even try. Hope lifts me to consider new possibilities so I can stay the course of my desire, no matter what.

Given that I don’t know anything, when I am making up stories about the future, why not make it a good story instead of a scary one?

When I act, I act on behalf of who or what I love. Even when I have to fight against something, it is because of what I value and love.

Passion is the fire that can burn through fear.

There is such a thing as a small and cramped eternity. You may see it in many modern religions

Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam Hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

It is we ourselves who alone shall shape our destinies, rising always above the external circumstances and conditions which from time to time shall be thrown across our paths.

Spend at least some of your training time, and other parts of your day, concentrating on what you are doing in training and visualizing your success.

This is an election of hope. It is bringing a new trust. These elections will give new strength to the nation.

Design a portfolio you are not likely to trade... akin to premarital counseling advice; try to build a portfolio that you can live with for a long, long time.

You can never have international peace as long as you have national poverty.

The artist is he who can take something ordinary and wring out of it attar of roses.

Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice.

When I perform, it's definitely about duration. I don't play any kind of time signature known to man.