Quotes by Samuel Johnson about Hope

Samuel Johnson English author

Sings. Hope in every sphere of life is a privilege that attaches to action. No action, no hope.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about hope

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure,...

Quote by Samuel Johnson about hope

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about hope

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about hope

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about hope