I was thinking about my recent blog post on optimism and last week’s quote about it too. I came to discover that optimism is not too unlike hope. So, here are a few quotes for today’s Wednesday Wisdom on hope. I couldn’t decide which one I liked best. Which one is your favorite?
Coral flowers blossom on a dead tree. (click to see photo clearer, without the misty film)
1) We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
2) Hope is a risk that must be run. ~ Georges Bernanos
3) Take from a man his wealth, and you hinder him; take from him his purpose, and you slow him down. But take from man his hope, and you stop him … ~ C. Neil Strait
4) In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles. ~ David Ben-Gurion
This next one is for my sister-in-law who is courageously healing from a serious illness.
5) The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient’s hopes are the physician’s secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription. ~ Norman Cousins
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Thanks for sharing the quotes and I hope your sister-in-law gets better.
Your friend,
Lucas
Hi Lucas. I just commented on your blog and mentioned my relative, which is my sister-in-law. Thank you for the good wishes for her. I appreciate you stopping by and commenting too.
I looked at your quotes and tried them on for size. There is a part of me that would claim them all.
Yes, I know what you mean, Kathy. It’s why I couldn’t choose which one to post, so I claimed them all.
#4 another anomaly of truth.
Thanks for you input, Carl.
Hope is often what keeps us going in the darkest times. Best wishes for your sister-in-law’s recovery!
So true, JM. Thanks for your good wishes.
I vote for #5 and I vote for your sister.
My sister-in-law thanks you (don’t have a sister). Thanks for your input.
All are great. I especially like #1 and #5. Good stuff. I wish the best for your sister-in-law.
There you are again!
Okay. Now I’m getting paranoid. Maybe you really ARE stalking me. Or maybe you just know I have a small stash of M&Ms next to me. But I’m going on the treadmill soon, so I feel justified.
At least this time I wasn’t right below you. Oh, and I do know about that stash of M&Ms. Why do you think you have to replenish the jar so many times.
I was wondering where all those M&M’s went. They were gone when I got to them.
I like 5) for your sister-in-law. Hope is positive energy that connects us with the Universe
Thank you, EllaDee. You’re right, hope is positive energy, and it’s pretty much intertwined with optimism.
2 and 3 speak to me–but they are all good
Glad there were a couple that spoke to you. Thanks for your input.
Love this!
Glad you liked it, Andy.
I can see why you had a hard time choosing. They’re all good. I think I like three best. Best wishes for your sister-in-law.
Thanks for the good wishes. Glad you like the quotes.
Hope … and response is the main ingredients in our lives. I hope that your sister will recover from her illness … and I hope that your husband enjoy his new job. The tree isn’t dead …. if it has flowers and a few leafs. Like this post, Lori. Felt good reading it.
The tree may not be dead, but for those few buds it is surely barren. It gave me a feeling of hopefulness. Thanks for the good wishes, Viveka. Glad you liked the hopeful post.
I love everything with hope … and if there is leafs and flowers, is there hope and life. Very nice post, Lori