„Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.“

— Maya Angelou

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„there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.“
— Stephen King
„No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst.“
— Jodi Picoult
„Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts.“
— Ronald Reagan
„You think 'Okay, I get it, I'm prepared for the worst', but you hold out that small hope, see, and that's what fucks you up. That's what kills you.“
— Stephen King
„In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs man’s torments.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.“
— Maya Angelou
„Because Hope survives best at the Hearth.“
— Rick Riordan