Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

What one hopes for is always better than what one has.

He that waits for a dead man’s shoes may long enough go barefoot.

There is no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale.

If it were not for hope, the heart would break.

While there’s life, there’s hope!

From the withered tree, a flower blooms.

A good hope is better than a bad possession.

Wishes are the echo of a lazy will.

Every dark cloud has a silver lining.