Definition of Hope

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Definition of Hope

Hope

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.

One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.

That which is hoped for; an object of hope.

To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for.

To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in.

To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.

To expect; to fear.

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Hope Quotations

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Albert Einstein

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Albert Einstein

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Dalai Lama

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
Thomas Jefferson

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
Thomas Jefferson

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.
Thomas Jefferson

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
Maya Angelou

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope.
Maya Angelou

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
Barack Obama

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Winston Churchill

Hope Translations

hope in Afrikaans is hoop
hope in Dutch is hopen
hope in Finnish is toivoa
hope in German is hoffe, Hoffnung, Hoffnung, hoffen, hoffen
hope in Italian is sperare, speranza
hope in Latin is spero, spes
hope in Spanish is esperanza

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