Quotes

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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. " Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.

— Alexandre Dumas
Inspirational Wisdom Hope

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

— J.R.R. Tolkien
Inspirational Love Hope

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

— Paulo Coelho
Inspirational Love Hope

Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly.

— Langston Hughes
Inspirational Dreams Education & Knowledge Wisdom Hope

I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.

— Stephenie Meyer
Dreams Hope

It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.

— Anne Frank
Hope

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

— Shel Silverstein
Inspirational Hope

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.

— John Lennon
Inspirational Dreams Society & Politics Hope

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.

— Bill Keane
Inspirational Hope

World quotes adapted from the Abirate/english_quotes dataset (CC BY 4.0). Indian-figure and Hindi/Urdu quotes are a curated compilation of widely-attributed public sayings.