Robert Green Ingersoll said this quote

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

~ Robert Green Ingersoll

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

~ Robert Green Ingersoll

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.

~ Robert Green Ingersoll

He who refuses to stoop, who cannot be bribed by the promise of success or the fear of failure - who walks the highway of the right, and in disaster stands erect, is the only victor.

~ Robert Green Ingersoll