“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” — Desmond Tutu
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.” — Emily Dickinson
“A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.” — Laura Ingalls Wilder
“Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.” — John Wayne
“It’s not about where you are today; it’s about where you’re going to be. We have to remind ourselves: This is where I am, but it is not where I’m always going to be.” — Scott Hamilton, Finish First
Inspiring
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” — Robert Frost
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.” — Robert Frost
“Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” — George Washington
“A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.” — Maya Angelou
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” — Henry David Thoreau
Love
“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.” — Robert Browning
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” — 1 Corinthians 13:4
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” — Lao Tzu
“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.” — Victor Hugo
“Love recognizes no barriers.” — Maya Angelou
Grief
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” — C.S. Lewis
“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.” — Emily Dickinson
“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose; all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” — Helen Keller
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.” — Washington Irving
“Grief is the price we pay for love.” — Queen Elizabeth II
Patriotic
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” — Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” — Ronald Reagan
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” — Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” — Nathan Hale
“Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.” — John F. Kennedy
Funny
“You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.” — Bob Hope
“You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there.” — George Burns
“As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.” — Mel Brooks
“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” — Murphy’s Law
“If life is a bowl of cherries, what am I doing in the pits?” — Erma Bombeck
