It was something I never expected to – I never expected the book would sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of the reviewers.

In 1995, I was diagnosed with cancer, and I had to practice what I preached. I had always said to ‚believe in God‘ and ‚don’t give up‘ to little kids who had been diagnosed with cancer. I then thought if I can’t call on that same God and same strength that I told people about, I would be a liar and a phony.

I have seen how leaders rule by intimidation. Leaders who demonize and dehumanize entire groups of people often do so because they have nothing else to offer. And I have seen how places that stifle the voices and dismiss the potential of their citizens are diminished: how they are less vital, less hopeful, less free.

An unused life is an early death.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Wouldn’t it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know.

I’m spending a year dead for tax reasons.

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

It is only by not paying one’s bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

I believe everyone should have a good death. You know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. Because after all, tears are appropriate on a death bed. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop.

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.

The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of good ultimately rally and triumph over evil.

For something to collapse, not all systems have to shut down. In most cases, just one system is enough. For example, the human body is a system of systems. If just one system, such as the cardiovascular system, shuts down, death follows.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

My evidence that I am saved does not lie in the fact that I preach, or that I do this or that. All my hope lies in this: that Jesus Christ came to save sinners. I am a sinner, I trust Him, then He came to save me, and I am saved.

What an encouraging thought that Jesus – our beloved Husband – can find comfort in our lowly feeble gifts! Can this be, for it seems far too good to be true? May we then be willing to endure trials or even death itself if through these hardships we are assisted in bringing gladness to Immanuel’s heart.

What we live by we die by.

And now, of course this is another thing I didn’t count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling.

There’s hope for everyone. That’s what makes the world go round.

They died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

I simply can’t build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death… I think… peace and tranquillity will return again.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

They say miracles are past.

As long as the people don’t fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn’t stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful… but so frightening.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.

It’s amazing: I am a New Yorker. It’s strange; I never thought I would be.

What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.

Mr. Mijanovi and those associated with him are the hope and the conscience of the Yugoslav revolution.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.

Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you’d never complete your life, would you? You’d never wholly know you.

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one’s death, one dies one’s life.

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.

Our Revolution emerged where it was least expected by the empire, in a hemisphere where it was used to acting like an all-powerful master.

He who has felt his own ruin will not imagine the case of any to be hopeless; nor will he think them too fallen to be worthy his regard.

There’s poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage. I don’t like doing what people expect me to do.

No one can outrun death. It will catch up to all of us eventually.

The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you’re able to pay off your house. That’s God shifting things in your favor.

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

To me, we’re marketing hope.

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.

This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.

Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.

He hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn’t an afterlife.