Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that theyre better than other human beings. – James A. Baldwin

Where there is no vision, there is no hope. – George Washington Carver

Wheres the hope that can abate
The grief of hearts thus desolate
That can Youths keenest pangs assuage,
And mitigate the gloom of Age?
Religion bids the tempest cease,
And, leads her to a port of peace;
And on, the lonely pilot steers
Through the lapse of future years. – Thomas Haynes Bayly