A man must be able to say, `` Father, I have sinned '', or there is no hope for him.

not only loathing of captivity, but a faith, a hope that is even stronger.

but this -- yes, terrible step I am about to take is lightened with an inundating joy by the new-found hope that here, in these poems, is treasure -- or at least some measure of beauty, which I did not know of ''.

Even to be `` from hope and fear set free '' is at least better than to have lost the first without having got rid of the second.

The reason is, I think, my awareness that my remarks last quarter on pacifism may well have served to confirm the opinion of some that my tendency to skepticism and dissent gets us nowhere, and that I am simply too old to hope.

That is the hope of mankind.

But there is hope, for Conservation Commissioner Bontempo has tagged the sanctuary as the kind of place the state hopes to include in its program to double its park space.

And there must be many Soviet citizens who know what is going on and who realize that before they can hope to enjoy the full life promised for 1980 they and their children must first survive.

We feel that The Detroit News is to be complimented upon arranging for articles on these subjects and we hope that it will continue to provide material along wholesome lines.

But by comparison with the railroad, the motor car is a relatively new object of popular worship, so it is too much to hope that it may be brought within the bounds of civilized usage quickly and easily.

The only hope which good teachers have for being paid their due is to stop dragging the dead weight of poor teachers up the economic ladder with them.

The only hope which the public has for getting good teachers is to pay teachers on the basis of merit rather than tenure.

my only hope is that it will be shared by many, many others.

This is one of the most constructive suggestions made in this critical field in years, and I certainly hope it sparks some action.

It occurred to me that you might be interested in some thoughts which I expressed privately in recent years, in the hope of clearing up a certain confusion in the public mind about what foreign policy is all about and what it means, and of developing a certain compassion for those who are carrying such responsibilities inside Government.

Of course, if your pool is close to the house, your wife can always add it to her housekeeping chores ( you hope ).

Another factor that may hold hope is for parallel recognition is, as one man says it: `` that the fad for educating top people along managerial lines is yielding to the technically trained approach ''.

I called the other afternoon on my old friend, Graves Moreland, the Anglo-American literary critic -- his mother was born in Ohio -- who lives alone in a fairy-tale cottage on the Upson Downs, raising hell and peacocks, the former only when the venerable gentleman becomes an angry old man about the state of literature or something else that is dwindling and diminishing, such as human stature, hope, and humor.

American policy should press constantly the view that until these governments demand efficiency and effectiveness of their bureaucracies there is not the slightest hope that they will either modernize of democratize their societies.

It is the hope of attaining a list of items of universal occurrence.

But it is becoming increasingly evident that such a hope is a snare.

In ancient Greece, mint was used in funerary rites, together with rosemary and myrtle, and not simply to offset the smell of decay ; mint was an element in the fermented barley drink called the kykeon that was an essential preparatory entheogen for participants in the Eleusinian mysteries, which offered hope in the afterlife for initiates.

The New York Times article was widely circulated in the peace movement during February 2003, adding to the hope among many participants that galvanizing world public opinion could prevent the Iraq War.

" In 2004, the Citizens ' Debate Commission was formed in the hope of establishing an independent sponsor for presidential debates, with a more voter-centric role in the definition of the participants, format, and rules.

By approaching the invasion and occupation of Iraq case from as many angles as possible ( international law, geopolitical and economical analysis, WTI participants hope to strengthen their common objective.

It is a form of visiting wassail, a luck-bringing ritual in which a the participants accompany a person disguised as a horse from house to house ( including pubs ) and sing at each door in the hope of gaining admittance and being rewarded with food and drink.

I still have the dress, and I hope to give it to the Smithsonian Institution as a memento, or, as I more fondly hope, to present it to a museum containing articles showing the daily lives of the Presidents -- if I can get it organized.

Harcourt replied: `` I do really hope you can achieve serenity in the course of time.

Of course I hope Hal can also, but those hopes are much more faint ''.

Until professional planners meet this situation squarely and update the concepts of zoning in a manner acceptable to the courts, I hope we in East Greenwich can continue to shape our own destiny.

Meantime, over the decade of the sixties, we can hope that many other countries will ready themselves for the big push into self-sustaining growth.

I also hope that we can do something about reducing the infant mortality rate of ideas -- an affliction of all bureaucracies.

I would hope that we could create the recognition in the Department and overseas that those who come across little things going wrong have the responsibility for bringing these to the attention of those who can do something about them.

What type of action can hope to win public support, first in this country and then abroad??

You can hope against hope that come spring cleaning, your fair-weather friends will lend a hand at scrubbing and furbishing.

The historian can only point out those lines which were major enough to find reflection in our limited evidence, and must hope that future excavations will enrich our understanding.

I can only hope that the continuing exchange of groups and individuals between our countries will not wear out all language pertinent to the occasion.

Only by resorting to molding techniques can the cushion manufacturer hope to compete satisfactorily in the established cushion market.

I hope it can be said without boasting that no other nation offers its vacationing motorists such variety and beauty of scene, such an excellent network of roads on which to enjoy it and such decent, far-flung over-night accommodations.

What we can attempt with some hope of dependable conclusions is to point out the manner in which Christianity entered into particular aspects of the life of the nation.

`` We hope '', they said, `` that no family can be found amongst us without a correct version of the Holy Scriptures ''.

The divine light can still be seen even in the most catastrophic events, and a Christian hope is granted to all.

A modest Bradman can be heard in a 1930 recording saying " I have always endeavoured to do my best for the side, and the few centuries that have come my way have been achieved in the hope of winning matches.

The symbol can be used to signify ' fresh start ' or ' hope '.

I am so alone, and so without hope that I can confront them without fear.

* 1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had " gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily.

She begins to hope, however, that Hapgood may be the one who can help her learn to be free.