Pope Francis Quotes

Optimism is a matter optics, of seeing what you want to see and not seeing what you don't want to see. Hope, on the other hand, is a Christian virtue. It is the unblinking acknowledgment of all that militates against hope, and the unrelenting refusal to despair. We have not the right to despair, and, finally, we have not the reason to despair

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

I'm always optimistic.

Well, I'm an optimist.

I'm a serious optimist. I come from a country where you have little to be hopeful for, and so you have to always be an optimist.

Your struggle is your strength. If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything.

Never give up. There is always hope, there is always life. You've just gotta open your heart to it. Live in love.

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.

Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world.

Real hope is much more than wishful musing. It stiffens, not slackens, the spiritual spine.

Never give up! it is wiser and betterAlways to hope, than once to despair.Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter,And break the dark spell of tyrannical care.

When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don't wait until you feel better.

As individuals, we know that suffering is temporary, and hope is eternal.

One may as well be optimistic. The road to catastrophe will be rougher if it's paved with dread.

Hope cherishes no illusions, nor does it yield to cynicism.

You can't get down and think things won't get better or they definitely won't.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought.

We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair.

Spirit is the key to everything we desire. It is our weather-proofing, our Teflon, our line of credit that assures if we just keep putting one foot in front of the other, one day; there will be a miraculous payoff.

[Never give up hope. Never give in to pessimism. Never despair.] No horse named Morbid ever won a race!

I always try to be cautiously optimistic.

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.

I never give up hope.

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.