Famous Quotes

"Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope."

John Ciardi on Hope

More quotes about Hope

• "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."

  Albert Einstein on Hope

• "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Hope

• "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Hope

• "My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return."

  Maya Angelou on Hope

• "I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe."

  Dalai Lama on Hope

More quotes by John Ciardi

• "Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."

• "It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions."

• "Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope."

• "A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea."

• "Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen."