“Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.”

— Robert Burns, "The Cotter's Saturday Night" (1786)

About Robert Burns

1759 – 1796

Scottish poet and lyricist, regarded as the national poet of Scotland.

“The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy.”

“Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn.”

“Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.”

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.”

Attribution note: Source disputed or unverified.

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”

“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”

“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”