Charlotte Bronte Quotes

Sometimes I believe...Sometimes I really do believe.

Sometimes I have a hard time distinguishing between faith and hope.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

Maybe, the hope said. Maybe.

Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt.

I guess I have a faith. I have an overriding feeling that all of this can't be for nothing. But then I also fully understand that it might be.

Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.

We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

So, instead, I try to put in light and hope for the best.

I'll give it a shot. But I don't know that a year from now I'm going to be here. Nobody does.

I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

I know not if the dark or bright shall be by lot; if that wherein my hopes delight be best or not.

To me, nothing ever feels like a sure thing. I cling to that because it's very important you don't ever think anything is a sure thing.

Hope and certainty are the enemies of peace.

Optimism is a duty. The future is open. It is not predetermined. No one can predict it, except by chance. We all contribute to determining it by what we do. We are all equally responsible for its success.

Learning how to relive again on life's terms sure doesn't do much for your confidence. You have to kind of walk in faith that the next step is going to be just a little bit better than the last step.

Maybe I'm actually an optimist.

Who knows what the heck the future will bring.

Oh, you should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about.

The truth was, I wasn't sure. But I wanted to keep believing people could change, and it was certainly easier to do so when you were in the midst of it.

Look, the point is there's no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you're left with a choice. Either hope for the best or just expect the worst.

If I had to lay bets, my bet would be that everything is going to go to hell, but, you know, what else have we got except hope?

When in doubt, doubt the doubt!

It'll be okay." She didn't know if it would be okay or not. She somehow doubted it, but what else was there to say?