“Hope is sweet.
Hope is illumining.
Hope is fulfilling.
Hope can be everlasting.
Therefore, do not give up hope,
Even in the sunset of your life.” 
― Sri Chinmoy

“I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace.” 
― Criss Jami

“The restless spirit never loses its wings. If sometimes it cannot fly, it is because during those moments the sky vanishes.” 
― R.N. Prasher

“And I sometimes think that a moment of touching is the difference between complete utter despair and the ability to carry on.” 
― Eleanor Cameron

“I'm beginning to think that to hope isn't the same as to expect something. To hope is to believe that life is an acceptable chaos.” 
― Goenawan Mohamad

“You can tell people of the need to struggle, but when the powerless start to see that they really can make a difference, nothing can quench the fire.” 
― Leymah Gbowee

“Let this time in your life cut you open and drain all of the things that are holding you back. I’m going to help you forgive the things that you won’t let yourself forget.” 
― Jennifer Elisabeth

“People who are too optimistic seem annoying. This is an unfortunate misinterpretation of what an optimist really is.
An optimist is neither naive, nor blind to the facts, nor in denial of grim reality. An optimist believes in the optimal usage of all options available, no matter how limited. As such, an optimist always sees the big picture. How else to keep track of all that’s out there? An optimist is simply a proactive realist.
An idealist focuses only on the best aspects of all things (sometimes in detriment to reality); an optimist strives to find an effective solution. A pessimist sees limited or no choices in dark times; an optimist makes choices.
When bobbing for apples, an idealist endlessly reaches for the best apple, a pessimist settles for the first one within reach, while an optimist drains the barrel, fishes out all the apples and makes pie.
Annoying? Yes. But, oh-so tasty!” 
― Vera Nazarian