"Hope is the last thing that dies..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life.”

“We often are consoled by our want of reason for misfortunes that reason could not have comforted.”

“The passions do very often give birth to others of a nature most contrary to their own. Thus avarice sometimes brings forth prodigality, and prodigality avarice; a man's resolution is very often the effect of levity, and his boldness that of cowardice and fear.”

“The absence of hope can rot a society from within.”

“Hope bases vast premises on foolish accidents, and reads a word where in fact only a scribble exists.”

“No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.”

“This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.”

“I myself find waiting more tiring than action.”

“Knowing your deepest intention can be your guiding force in the creation of a better life.”