Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes

Every day brings a ship, Every ship brings a word; Well for those who have no fear, Looking seaward well assured That the word the vessel brings Is the word they wish to hear.

to hope was to expect

It's nice to have things to look forward to.

You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them.

Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.

Anticipation and Hope are born twins.

I walk ahead of myself in perpetual expectancy of miracles.

Hope is man's preparation for the unknown.

There is always hopefully a next.

Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

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

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

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

I'm really excited about the future.

I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread.

The future is called 'perhaps', which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

Something will turn up.

Always have something to look forward to.

The future is something I'm looking forward to.

Love flourishes in expectation. Expectation strolls through the spacious fields of Time towards Opportunity.

It will come sometime. Some beautiful morning she will just wake up and find it is Tomorrow. Not Today but Tomorrow. And then things will happen ... wonderful things.

Darling, replied Valentine, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom was contained in these two words,- "Wait and hope"?

If I lose today, I can look forward to winning tomorrow, and if I win today, I can expect to lose tomorrow. A sure thing is no fun.