[AZLiberty]

I think he got the direction wrong on the last one, “Hope is not a strategy.

Or else hope IS a strategy.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"or else HOPE is a strategy"

It worked for Obama.

[odawg]

I agree with you on that; I still don’t know what that sentence is supposed to mean.

[imardmd1]

I read that what she is saying is:

"You will become terribly unhappy if you believe that hope is not a (survival) strategy."

Think of the converse.