Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
I hope I’m wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy – worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region. – Madeleine Albright
One problem was that my direct testimony was in writing, so a lot of people didn’t get to see it. I hope they see it, because I think it built a very strong case. – Jim Barksdale
Education, when delivered properly, can benefit a lot of people and make productive citizens out of those otherwise given no hope. – John Murray
I hope to build a reputation as a science-fiction writer. That’s the pitch. We’ll see. – Kurt Vonnegut
I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us. – Maynard James Keenan
I write some country music. There’s a song called ‘I Hope You Dance.’ Incredible. I was going to write that poem; somebody beat me to it. – Maya Angelou
My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights. – Malala Yousafzai
The decision by France to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific has destroyed this hope and raised a storm of protest at home, in the South Pacific and thankfully around the world. – Jenny Shipley
I hope to be around past the 90’s. I don’t want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands. – Mariah Carey
I wish I could know everything ever, like that would be my wish – that’s what I hope heaven is, that they tell you who shot JFK and all that stuff. – Louis C. K.
I am so excited to let fans in on how important my relationship with my family is to me. I hope to motivate mothers and daughters to build lifetimes of memories together and inspire kids around the world to live their dreams. – Miley Cyrus
I hope to be a producer, a musician, a painter, a photographer – I’m going to push myself to do as many things as I can and see where it goes. – Lucas Grabeel
You don’t really know how your film is going to turn out, but you can give it your best shot and hope the audience loves it. This has been my approach right from the beginning, and it’s helped me a lot in my journey. All you can do is give the film your everything. – Katrina Kaif
I love when people laugh. I love when they cry, I like a story to say something, and I hope the audience feels happier leaving the theatre than when it came in. – Leo McCarey
If at the end of the day, people look at it and say, oh, yeah, I liked his stuff, or for the most part I liked his stuff, or I’ve enjoyed watching some of the things he’s done, that’s all I can hope for. – Joe Mantegna
I hope I inspire people to dream bigger than what they are living, but a dream within their reach. – Michael Franti
I hope to see an integrated solution created to deal with both the local pollution problem and the global climate change problem. – Ma Jun
It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart. – Jonathan Carroll
One year, my good deed started with deciding to give all my friends makeup from a cruelty-free cosmetics line that I love. I did this with the hope that they would love it as much as I do and end up switching their makeup over to that cruelty-free line forever. – Jenna Morasca
Cool? Am I cool? I don’t know, but I hope my characters are cool, in the sense of iconic. That’s my job, at its very essence. – Jacques Audiard
It’s something that people relate to – and I hope my kid doesn’t relate to – but there’s a level of believability in playing complex characters. You know, Christopher Walken has done some hilarious comedies, De Niro. There’s great room for complexity and darkness to do well in comedies. – Jeremy Sisto
For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you’d would wake up times and hope that the next day you’d be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home. – LeBron James
