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Ultimately, may these quotes about hope inspire you. If you are feeling hopeless, may they lift your spirits and give you new resolve. If you are going through tough times - remember the cliche: tough times never last, but tough people do. And you are tough. So please explore and ponder these quotes, you can ponder on the nature of hope, and we hope you will agree with us that having hope is the universally human thing to do - be optimistic - tomorrow is a new day. We wish you the very best, and hope you will share these quotes and quotepics widely - please link back to us if you can.

quote by Pope Francis: Where we find hate and darkness, may we bring love and hope, in order to give a more human face to society. with background image:

Where we find hate and darkness, may we bring love and hope, in order to give a more human face to society.

--Pope Francis
quote by D. Pariz: Humans hope.  Having hope defines being human. with background image:

Humans hope. Having hope defines being human.

--D. Pariz
quote by Andy Dufresne: Hope is a good thing, maybe even the best of things, and good things never die. with background image:

Hope is a good thing, maybe even the best of things, and good things never die.

--Andy Dufresne
quote by Valorie Burton: When you stop hoping you start settling. with background image:

When you stop hoping you start settling.

--Valorie Burton
quote by Crane Brinton: Revolutions are born of hope. with background image:

Revolutions are born of hope.

--Crane Brinton
quote by Sachs: Hope rises like a phoenix from the ashes of shattered dreams. with background image:

Hope rises like a phoenix from the ashes of shattered dreams.

--S. A. Sachs
quote by Carl Edwards: Whatever it is your doing out there, don't lose hope, you just keep digging and things can work out. I'm proof. with background image:

Whatever it is your doing out there, don't lose hope, you just keep digging and things can work out. I'm proof.

--Carl Edwards
quote by P. B. McIlrath: Hope is a curious thing. You always seem to loose it when you most need it. with background image:

Hope is a curious thing. You always seem to loose it when you most need it.

--P.B. McIlrath
quote by Allan Stratton: Where there is love there is life; where there is life there is hope. with background image:

Where there is love there is life; where there is life there is hope.

--Allan Stratton
quote by David Orr: Hope is a verb with its shirtsleeves rolled up. with background image:

Hope is a verb with its shirtsleeves rolled up.

--David Orr
quote by Ralph Blum: Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings. with background image:

Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.

--Ralph Blum
quote by Asmaa Mahfouz: Never say there's no hope. Hope disappears only when you say there's no hope. with background image:

Never say there's no hope. Hope disappears only when you say there's no hope.

--Asmaa Mahfouz
quote by Aaron Lauritsen: There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow. with background image:

There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.

--Aaron Lauritsen
quote by Abraham Cowley: Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure. with background image:

Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.

--Abraham Cowley
quote by Alfred Nobel: Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness. with background image:

Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.

--Alfred Nobel
quote by Ali ibn Abi Talib: A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty. with background image:

A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.

--Ali ibn Abi Talib
quote by Anthony Kiedis: As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for them. with background image:

As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for them.

--Anthony Kiedis
quote by Antonio Porchia: One lives in the hope of becoming a memory. with background image:

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

--Antonio Porchia
quote by Arnold H. Glasow: Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope. with background image:

Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope.

--Arnold H. Glasow
quote by Aung San Suu Kyi: There is no hope without endeavor. with background image:

There is no hope without endeavor.

--Aung San Suu Kyi
quote by Austin O'Malley: Hope and milk sour by standing. with background image:

Hope and milk sour by standing.

--Austin O'Malley
quote by Austin O'Malley: Hope is the shadow of faith. with background image:

Hope is the shadow of faith.

--Austin O'Malley
quote by Baltasar Gracian: Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check. with background image:

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

--Baltasar Gracian
quote by Barbara Kingsolver: The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for! with background image:

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for!

--Barbara Kingsolver

Longer Version:

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.



quote by Barbara Kingsolver: Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning. with background image:

Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.

--Barbara Kingsolver
quote by Bob Goff: There's a lot to be concerned about; there's more to be hopeful for. with background image:

There's a lot to be concerned about; there's more to be hopeful for.

--Bob Goff
quote by Catherine Pulsifer: Never give up. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it. with background image:

Never give up. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it.

--Catherine Pulsifer
quote by Charles F. Glassman: One act of random kindness is enough to transform despair into hope. with background image:

One act of random kindness is enough to transform despair into hope.

--Charles F. Glassman
quote by Charles H. Spurgeon: Hope itself is like a star -- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity. with background image:

Hope itself is like a star -- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.

--Charles H. Spurgeon
quote by Charles M. Schulz: A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope. with background image:

A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope.

--Charles M. Schulz
quote by Christopher Reeve: Once you choose hope, anything's possible. with background image:

Once you choose hope, anything's possible.

--Christopher Reeve
quote by Christopher Reeve: Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out. with background image:

Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.

--Christopher Reeve
quote by Colette: Hope costs nothing. with background image:

Hope costs nothing.

--Colette
quote by Cory Booker: Hopelessness is a really toxic and dangerous state. with background image:

Hopelessness is a really toxic and dangerous state.

--Cory Booker
quote by Craig D. Lounsbrough: The phrase all is lost only applies to those that are. with background image:

The phrase all is lost only applies to those that are.

--Craig D. Lounsbrough
quote by Daisaku Ikeda: Hope transforms pessimism into optimism. Hope is invincible. with background image:

Hope transforms pessimism into optimism. Hope is invincible.

--Daisaku Ikeda
quote by Daniel Berrigan: The gift we can offer others is so simple a thing as hope. with background image:

The gift we can offer others is so simple a thing as hope.

--Daniel Berrigan
quote by Dante Alighieri: Without hope we live in desire. with background image:

Without hope we live in desire.

--Dante Alighieri
quote by Debasish Mridha, MD: Life is a fairy tale that was written by hopes, dreams, and desires. with background image:

Life is a fairy tale that was written by hopes, dreams, and desires.

--Debasish Mridha, MD
quote by Debasish Mridha, MD: It feels wonderful when you fly with hopes and dreams. with background image:

It feels wonderful when you fly with hopes and dreams.

--Debasish Mridha, MD
quote by Democritus: Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss. with background image:

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

--Democritus
quote by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Death, only, renders hope futile. with background image:

Death, only, renders hope futile.

--Edgar Rice Burroughs
quote by Edward Abbey: When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about. with background image:

When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.

--Edward Abbey
quote by Edward Counsel: Hope is the spur of life. with background image:

Hope is the spur of life.

--Edward Counsel
quote by Edward Counsel: Hope is a day the end of which we may never see. with background image:

Hope is a day the end of which we may never see.

--Edward Counsel
quote by Edward Counsel: That which obstructs hope often increases it. with background image:

That which obstructs hope often increases it.

--Edward Counsel
quote by Edward Counsel: One day of good fortune is better than ten of hope. with background image:

One day of good fortune is better than ten of hope.

--Edward Counsel
quote by Edward Gibbon: Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition. with background image:

Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.

--Edward Gibbon

Longer Version:

Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition, was not denied to the Roman slave; and if he had any opportunity of rendering himself either useful or agreeable, he might very naturally expect that the diligence and fidelity of a few years would be rewarded with the inestimable gift of freedom.


quote by Elizabeth Taylor: It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another. with background image:

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.

--Elizabeth Taylor
quote by Evan Esar: Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment. with background image:

Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.

--Evan Esar
quote by Ezra Taft Benson: We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor. with background image:

We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor.

--Ezra Taft Benson

Longer Version:

We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor. In this way he can bring discouragement and surrender. But we must not lose hope. The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him. Though we may see that we have far to go on the road to perfection, we must not give up hope.


quote by Frank Miller: A man without hope is a man without fear. with background image:

A man without hope is a man without fear.

--Frank Miller
quote by French Proverb: Hope is the dream of a soul awake. with background image:

Hope is the dream of a soul awake.

--French Proverb
quote by Friedrich Schiller: Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing. with background image:

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

--Friedrich Schiller
quote by Garrison Keillor: Your life is a work of art, and in the end, the underlying theme of great art is bravery and hope and love. with background image:

Your life is a work of art, and in the end, the underlying theme of great art is bravery and hope and love.

--Garrison Keillor
quote by George Herbert: Hope is the poor man's bread. with background image:

Hope is the poor man's bread.

--George Herbert
quote by George Lucas: The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to … with background image:

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

--George Lucas
quote by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. : While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope. with background image:

While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope.

--H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
quote by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. : Hope is not a resting place but a starting point -- a cactus, not a cushion. with background image:

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point -- a cactus, not a cushion.

--H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
quote by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. : Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have. with background image:

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

--H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
quote by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. : Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities. with background image:

Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.

--H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
quote by Harlan Coben: Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell. with background image:

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

--Harlan Coben
quote by Henri Frederic Amiel: Uncertainty is the refuge of hope. with background image:

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

--Henri Frederic Amiel
quote by Herman Melville: Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. with background image:

Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.

--Herman Melville
quote by Irving Kirsch: Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression. with background image:

Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression.

--Irving Kirsch
quote by Jacques Yves Cousteau: We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope. with background image:

We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope.

--Jacques Yves Cousteau
quote by James E. Faust: Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future. with background image:

Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.

--James E. Faust
quote by James Hillman: To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair. with background image:

To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair.

--James Hillman
quote by James Keller: Hope opens doors where despair closes them. with background image:

Hope opens doors where despair closes them.

--James Keller
quote by James Keller: Hope regards problems, small or large, as opportunities. with background image:

Hope regards problems, small or large, as opportunities.

--James Keller
quote by James Keller: Hope discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot. with background image:

Hope discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot.

--James Keller
quote by James Redfield: The universe is energy that responds to expectations. with background image:

The universe is energy that responds to expectations.

--James Redfield
quote by Jim Butcher: Hope is a force of nature. Don't let anyone tell you different. with background image:

Hope is a force of nature. Don't let anyone tell you different.

--Jim Butcher
quote by John Bevere: Love forgets wrongs so that there is hope for the future. with background image:

Love forgets wrongs so that there is hope for the future.

--John Bevere
quote by John W. Gardner: A prime function of a leader is to keep hope alive. with background image:

A prime function of a leader is to keep hope alive.

--John W. Gardner
quote by Jonas Salk: There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality. with background image:

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

--Jonas Salk
quote by Jonathan Kozol: False hope is worse than despair. with background image:

False hope is worse than despair.

--Jonathan Kozol
quote by José Rizal: The youth is the hope of our future. with background image:

The youth is the hope of our future.

--José Rizal
quote by Jostein Gaarder: But the dream of something unlikely has its own special name. We call it hope. with background image:

But the dream of something unlikely has its own special name. We call it hope.

--Jostein Gaarder
quote by Kofi Annan: We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better. with background image:

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

--Kofi Annan
quote by Laini Taylor: Wishes are false. Hope is true. Hope makes its own magic. with background image:

Wishes are false. Hope is true. Hope makes its own magic.

--Laini Taylor
quote by Letitia Elizabeth Landon: Hope is love's happiness, but not its life. with background image:

Hope is love's happiness, but not its life.

--Letitia Elizabeth Landon
quote by Mahmoud Darwish: Without hope we are lost. with background image:

Without hope we are lost.

--Mahmoud Darwish
quote by Margaret Atwood: It is better to hope than to mope! with background image:

It is better to hope than to mope!

--Margaret Atwood
quote by Maria V. Snyder: No hope, is worse than fear. with background image:

No hope, is worse than fear.

--Maria V. Snyder
quote by Martha Beck: Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. with background image:

Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.

--Martha Beck
quote by Mason Cooley: Hope likes justification, but can do without. with background image:

Hope likes justification, but can do without.

--Mason Cooley
quote by Maxine Hong Kingston: In a time of destruction, create something. with background image:

In a time of destruction, create something.

--Maxine Hong Kingston

Longer Version:

In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment.


quote by Mignon McLaughlin: Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent. with background image:

Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.

--Mignon McLaughlin
quote by Mokokoma Mokhonoana: Worrying requires way more energy than hoping, which--unlike worrying--is energizing. with background image:

Worrying requires way more energy than hoping, which--unlike worrying--is energizing.

--Mokokoma Mokhonoana
quote by Mokokoma Mokhonoana: It is almost always better to take a chance and hope that your life will get better instead of ending it. with background image:

It is almost always better to take a chance and hope that your life will get better instead of ending it.

--Mokokoma Mokhonoana
quote by Norman Cousins: The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. with background image:

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life.

--Norman Cousins

Longer Version:

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.


quote by Norman Cousins: Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic. with background image:

Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.

--Norman Cousins
quote by Oliver Goldsmith: Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,
Adorns and cheers our way;
And still, as darker grows the night,
Emits a brighter ray. with background image:

Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,
Adorns and cheers our way;
And still, as darker grows the night,
Emits a brighter ray.

--Oliver Goldsmith
quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. : Beware how you take away hope from another human being. with background image: photo of author Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.  with quote: Beware how you take away hope from another human being....

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

--Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
quote by Pawan Mishra: Hope is the best and the worst thing at the same time. with background image:

Hope is the best and the worst thing at the same time.

--Pawan Mishra

quote by Pliny the Elder: Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man. with background image:

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

--Pliny the Elder
quote by Ralph Marston: Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope. with background image:

Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope.

--Ralph Marston
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