“He who has never hoped can never despair”

“He who hopes for spring with upturned eye never sees so small a thing as Draba. He who despairs of spring with downcast eye steps on it, unknowingly. He who searches for spring with his knees in the mud finds it, in abundance.”

“Who can hope for nothing should despair of nothing.”

“Hope was an instinct only the reasoning human mind could kill. An animal never knew despair.”

“And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.”

“Never despair. Never surrender.”

“It's not the despair, Laura, I can stand the despair. It's the hope.”

“Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle.”

“He was never without misery, and never without hope.”

“Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.”