Hold on to what is good
even if it is a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe in
even if it is a tree which stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do
even if it is a long way from here...
Hold on to my hand
even when I have gone far away from you.
Nana Wood from Many Winters
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Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.
Emily Dickinson
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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
Vaclav Havel
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One kind word can warm three winter months.
Japanese proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you,
look at his friends.
Japanese proverb
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Dale Carnegie
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Have a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing, and everything is possible.
Wayne Dyer
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
The mind is everything. What we think we become.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of these candles will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Buddha
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Excellent dear Yoko! 
