200 Quotes on Hope! Inspirational Quotes about Hope and Faith
Quotes on Hope
“Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope.” —Arnold H. Glasow
“You are every reason, every hope and every dream I’ve ever had.” —Nicholas Sparks
“Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.” —Robert Green Ingersoll
“Time is no longer endless or the horizon destitute of hope.” —Charles Lindbergh
“A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope.” —Charles M. Schulz
“Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.” —Romans 12:12
“In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs man’s torments.” —Friedrich Nietzsche
“He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope has everything.” —Thomas Carlyle
“A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” —Brad Henry
“There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.” —Bernard Williams
“I think it’s a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one’s self.” —Arthur Miller
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” —Desmond Tutu
“We always kept in our hearts the most noble, beautiful feeling that sets human beings apart: hope.” —Manel Loureiro
“Never give up. Have hope. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it.” —Catherine Pulsifer
Inspirational Quotes about Hope
“Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.” —Pliny the Elder
“Hope is outreaching desire with an expectancy of good. It is a characteristic of all living beings.” —Edward S. Ame
“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.” —Elbert Hubbard
“Faith and hope work hand in hand, however while hope focuses on the future, faith focuses on the now.” —David Odunaiya
“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.” —Jonas Salk
“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” —Joseph Addison
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” —Thomas Edison
“There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.” —Jonas Salk
“What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.” —Norman Vincent Peale
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” —Winston Churchill
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” —Emily Dickinson
“Sometimes it’s hard to pick right from wrong. The best thing we can do is go with our heart and hope it all goes well.” —Mac Miller
“True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how much adversity we can overcome.” —Walter Anderson
“Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.” —Ed Bradley
“Hope, as it pertains to love, is a good thing because by hoping for certain things such as an extended future with the one you love is made possible.” —John Franks
“No matter the number of times you fail you must be determined to succeed. You must not lose hope. Don’t stop in your storm. Don’t give up so easily.” —Tony Narams
“Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.” —Vaclav Havel
“What gives me the most hope every day is God’s grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God.” —Rick Warren
“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.” —Laini Taylor
“The very least you can do in your life is 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.” —Barbara Kingsolver
“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.” —Robert Fulghum
“Hope is a beautiful thing. It gives us peace and strength and keeps us going when all seems lost. Accepting what you cannot change doesn’t mean you have given up on hope. It just means you have to focus your hope on more humanely tangible and attainable goals.” —Julie Donner Andersen
“Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.” —Vaclav Havel
“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” —Michelle Obama
Quotes about Losing Hope
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
“When our men lose their hope of a future and purpose, you’ll surely watch them die a slow death in front of you.” —Nan Jones
“No matter the number of times you fail you must be determined to succeed. You must not lose hope. Don’t stop in your storm. Don’t give up so easily.” —Tony Narams
“A lesson for all of us is that for every loss, there is victory, for every sadness, there is joy, and when you think you’ve lost everything, there is hope.” —Geraldine Solon
Love Hope Quotes
“Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“How far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?” —Nicholas Sparks
“Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.” —Gustave Flaubert
“Love without hope will not survive, love without faith changes nothing. Love gives power to hope and faith.” —Toba Beta
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” —Maya Angelou
“The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.” —Stephen Ambrose
“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” —Tom Bodett
“The hope you feel when you are in love is not necessarily for anything in particular. Love brings something inside you to life. Perhaps it is just the full dimensionality of your own capacity to feel that returns.” —Susan Griffin
Bible Quotes About Hope
”You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.” —Job 11:18-19
“To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” —Colossians 1:27
“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’” —Jeremiah 29:11
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” —Romans 15:13
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” —Isaiah 40:31
“Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.” —1 Corinthians 13:13
Inspirational Quotes about Hope and Strength
“We must accept infinite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” —J.R.R. Tolkien
“We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreperably broken.”—John Green
“I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.” —Anne Frank
“You are full of unshaped dreams. You are laden with beginnings…There is hope in you…” —Lola Ridge
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
“There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.” —Pearl S. Buck
“To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.” —G.K. Chesterton
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” —Maya Angelou
“‘I am not worried, Harry,’ said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. ‘I am with you.’” ―J.K. Rowling
“A lesson for all of us is that for every loss, there is victory, for every sadness, there is joy, and when you think you’ve lost everything, there is hope.” —Geraldine Solon
“Whether you’ve seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise.” —Martha Beck
“There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.” —Dalai Lama XIV
“We can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.” —George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
“Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, ‘Wait and Hope.” ―Alexandre Dumas
“If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” —Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
“Hope. It’s like a drop of honey, a field of tulips blooming in the springtime. It’s a fresh rain, a whispered promise, a cloudless sky, the perfect punctuation mark at the end of a sentence. And it’s the only thing in the world keeping me afloat.” —Tahereh Mafi
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something.” —Howard Zinn
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.” —Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living
“A star falls from the sky and into your hands. Then it seeps through your veins and swims inside your blood and becomes every part of you. And then you have to put it back into the sky. And it’s the most painful thing you’ll ever have to do and that you’ve ever done. But what’s yours is yours. Whether it’s up in the sky or here in your hands. And one day, it’ll fall from the sky and hit you in the head real hard and that time, you won’t have to put it back in the sky again.” —C. JoyBell C.
Ray of Hope Quotes
“Khaddar brings a ray of hope to the widow’s broken-up home.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“Even every ray of hope destroyed and not a wish to gild the gloom.” —Robert Burns
“Someday all you will have to light your way will be a single ray of hope and that will be enough.” —Kobi Yamada
“Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.” —John F. Kennedy
“You know, the streets are filled with vipers Who’ve lost all ray of hope You know, it ain’t even safe no more In the palace of the Pope.” —Bob Dylan
“There is one ray of hope. It seems to me that today the responsible leaders of the several peoples have, in the main, the honest will to abolish war.” —Albert Einstein
“You hear, Eugene?’ said Lightwood over his shoulder. ‘You are deeply interested in lime.’ ‘Without lime,’ returned that unmoved barrister at law, ‘my existence would be unilluminated by a ray of hope.” —Charles Dickens
“Whether you’ve seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise.” —Martha Beck
“This budget is a Sanjeevani (new life) and an Arunoday (sunrise) for the last man in the line. This budget converts hopes and aspirations of the people into trust. It adds a new ray of hope for the poor and downtrodden sections of the society.” —Narendra Modi
“We need new words for what this is, this hunger entering our loneliness like birds, stunning our eyes into rays of hope. we need the flutter that can save us, something that will swirl across the face of what we have become and bring us grace.” —Lucille Clifton
“When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.” —Mahatma Gandhi
Never Lose Hope Quotes
“Never give up hope. Know that you are loved.” —Deepak Chopra
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” —Confucius
“Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins.” —Pope Francis
“Never lose hope, my heart, miracles dwell in the invisible. If the whole world turns against you keep your eyes on the Friend.” —Rumi
“Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” —Lin Yutang
“I guess I’m still holding on to something that I know will probably never happen, because somewhere deep down inside me, I have this little piece of hope that someday, it will.” —Drake
“If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him. Never, ever stop going back to Him. Repent often. Cry to Allah. And hold on tight-with your life-to His remembrance and to prayer. If you do this, you may get wet, but insha Allah never drown in this ocean of dunya.” —Yasmin Mogahed
Quotes On Hope And Faith
“Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.” ―George Iles
“Faith makes all things possible… love makes all things easy.” ―Dwight L. Moody
“Hope is the raw material from which faith builds the house.” ―Rex Rouis
“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” ―J.M. Barrie
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” ―Martin Luther King, Jr.
“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.” ―Paulo Coelho
“The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.” ―J.M. Barrie
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” ―Mahatma Gandhi
Short Quotes About Hope
“Never give up hope.” —Unknown
“Hope springs eternal.” —Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
“Look at the bright side.” —Unknown
“Hope is a waking dream.” —Aristotle
“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” —Christopher Reeve
“Hope never abandons you, you abandon it.” —George Weinberg
“Out of difficulties grow miracles.” —Jean de la Bruyère
“Every cloud has a silver lining.” —D.R. Locke (1863)
“Every pot will find its lid.” —Yiddish (on marriage)
“The darkest hours are just before dawn.” —English Proverb
“Hope is passion for what is possible.” —Soren Kierkegaard
“If it were not for hope, the heart would break.”
“Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper.” —W. Rawley (1661)
“Hope is one of the principal springs that keep mankind in motion.”
“Hope is medicine for a soul that’s sick and tired.” —Eric Swensson
“To live without hope is to cease to live.” —Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“The miserable have no other medicine but only hope.” —William Shakespeare
“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
“Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.” —Martin Luther
“However long the night, the dawn will break.” —African Proverb – Hausa Tribe
“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” —Robert H. Schuller
“Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.” —Emanuel Cleaver
Quotes About Hope For The Future
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering ‘it will be happier’…” —Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” —Albert Einstein
”In fact, hope is best gained after defeat and failure, because then inner strength and toughness is produced.” —Fritz Knapp
”A positive statement propels hope toward a better future, it builds up your faith and that of others, and it promotes change.” —Jan Dargatz
“We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” —Thich Nhat Hanh
“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” —Nelson Mandela
Famous Quotes about Hope
“A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope.” —Howard Thurman
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” —Helen Keller
“All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.” —Magic Johnson
“We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.” —Ed Markey
“Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.” —Samuel Smiles
”It’s always something, to know you’ve done the most you could. But, don’t leave off hoping, or it’s of no use doing anything. Hope, hope to the last.” —Charles Dickens
“You are not here merely to make a living, you are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” —Woodrow Wilson
Have Hope Quotes
“Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don’t give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.” —Tena Desae
“When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.” —Pittacus Lore
“Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.” —Richard M. DeVos
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.” —Anne Lamott
“A lot of people have their big dreams and get knocked down and don’t have things go their way. And you never give up hope, and you really just hold on to it. Hard work and perseverance. You just keep getting up and getting up, and then you get that breakthrough.” —Robert Kraft
“Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don’t. You are in good company… You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.” —John Piper
Hope Quotes and Sayings
“Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens.” —Tony DeLiso
“Every jack has his jill; if only they can find each other.” —R. Cotgrave (1611)
“Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.” —Thomas Norton & Thomas Sackville (1536-1608)
“Walk on with hope in your heart, and you’ll never walk alone.” —Shah Rukh Khan
“Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.” —Abraham Cowley
“Keep your eyes on the sun and you will not see the shadows.” —Australian Aborigine Saying
“When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.” —Theodore Roosevelt
“What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.” —Emil Brunner
“Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.” —Robert G. Ingersoll
“Never give up. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it.” —Catherine Pulsifer
“No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.” —Native American (on impossibility)
“You’ve gotta have hope. Without hope life is meaningless. Without hope life is meaning less and less.” —Author Unknown
“Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.” —Vincent McNabb
“Hope is sweet-minded and sweet-eyed. It draws pictures; it weaves fancies; it fills the future with delight.” —Henry Ward Beecher
“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” —Samuel Smiles
“As long as we have hope, we have direction, the energy to move, and the map to move by.” —Hong Kong Proverb
“Hope is tenacious. It goes on living and working when science has dealt it what should be its deathblow.” —Paul Laurence Dunbar
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.” —O. S. Marden
“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.” —Vaclav Havel
“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
“Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” —Lin Yutang
“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