1. Excessive hope will naturally produce extreme disappointment. Borges

2. Without despair, there is no hope, and without hope, there is no despair. Seneca

3. People who base their hopes on their will and wishes will be disappointed nineteen times out of twenty. Alexandre Dumas

4. If there is no such thing as despair in the world, hope is the greatest inspiring force for mankind. Victor Hugo

5. Human hope is stronger than despair, and human joy is stronger and more lasting than sadness. Bridges

6. When there is hope, there is inevitably disappointment. Mao Dun

7. When a thirsty person has no hope of finding water, he is easily deceived by mirages and searches in vain in desert after desert. Rabindranath Tagore

8. The most precious virtue that people can’t bear to give up is hope; the disadvantage that people can still overcome but the most difficult to correct is worry. About Armstrong

9. Hope can give people strength, and so can despair. Toffler

10. The most certain hope often ends in disappointment; the least hoped-for thing will succeed unexpectedly. Shakespeare

11. Despair is as vain as hope. Lu Xun

12. Hope is a coaxing thing: especially when we are angry because of disappointment; but in general, there is no fun without hope.

Halifax