But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it is better to hope that music may always be transcendental language in the most extravagant sense.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

Many possessions if they do not make a man better are at least expected to make his children happier and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.

When I was young my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice that they're better than other human beings.

Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.

When things are bad we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

Be prepared work hard and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are the more luck you might have.

My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.

We have always held to the hope the belief the conviction that there is a better life a better world beyond the horizon.