Voltaire Quotes

Hope's one thing, expectation's quite another.

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

to hope was to expect

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

I have plenty to look forward to, I'm sure.

I'm very realistic in my outlook on everything in life. When I look ahead in my mind to see what's going to happen next, I see the good and I see the bad.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either . . . they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think.

One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.

Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.

Hope is desire and expectation rolled into one.

I'm a pessimist about probabilities, I'm an optimist about possibilities.

I'm not really sure what it was, the best moment. You always hope it's to come.

I don't have any expectations of anything.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Words can't describe how one would feel in that moment after doing a test for something you really want but in your heart you don't think you have a chance of getting.

The future should be exciting, you know? It shouldn't be a nerve-wracking experience.

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.

Waiting for the end, boys, waiting for the end.

From where I sit now, I like the looks of tomorrow.

Things always look better when you haven't seen them.

There is something supremely reassuring about television; the worst is always yet to come.

I know something great will come around the corner, and that's what I'll be doing next.

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.