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Quotes about hope, from Pope's "hope springs eternal" and Dickinson's thing with feathers to Shaw and Studs Terkel, each checked to its source.

The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

The Bible · The source reads: “The Lord upholdeth all such as fall: and lifteth up all those that are down.” · Psalm 145:14. The familiar King James wording; the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations gives the Book of Common Prayer psalter.

Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

The Bible · The source reads: “O that I had wings like a dove: for then would I flee away, and be at rest.” · Psalm 55:6. The familiar King James wording; the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations gives the Book of Common Prayer psalter.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God.

The Bible · The source reads: “Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul: and why art thou so disquieted within me?” · Psalm 42:11. The familiar King James wording; the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations gives the Book of Common Prayer psalter.

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.

The Bible · The source reads: “De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine; Domine, exaudi vocem meam. Up from the depths I have cried to thee, Lord; Lord, hear my voice.” · Psalm 130:1. The familiar King James wording; the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations gives the Book of Common Prayer psalter.

Who against hope believed in hope.

The Bible · The source reads: “Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations.” · Romans 4:18

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