Hope is more than a feeling it’s the belief that something better lies ahead, no matter how dark the moment. In times of struggle, uncertainty, or change, hope can be the guiding light that helps us hold on and push forward.
- “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
- “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson
- “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” – Christopher Reeve
- “Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.” – Suzanne Collins
- “Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.” – Martin Luther
- “When the world says, ‘Give up,’ hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time.’” – Unknown
- “The darkest hour has only sixty minutes.” – Morris Mandel
- “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo
- “However long the night, the dawn will break.” – African Proverb
- “Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” – Samuel Smiles
- “Hope is a waking dream.” – Aristotle
- “To live without hope is to cease to live.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
- “Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering ‘it will be happier.’” – Alfred Lord Tennyson
- “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
- “Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.” – Václav Havel
- “Hope is medicine for a soul that’s sick and tired.” – Eric Swensson
- “Where there is no vision, there is no hope.” – George Washington Carver
- “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” – Epicurus
- “Hope is the pillar that holds up the world.” – Pliny the Elder
- “You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all the world’s problems at once, but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have.” – Michelle Obama
- “A person can do incredible things if he or she has enough hope.” – Shannon L. Alder
- “In all things it is better to hope than to despair.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- “Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success.” – Samuel Smiles
- “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.” – Barack Obama
- “Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” – Helen Keller
- “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
- “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” – Albert Einstein
- “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.” – Anne Lamott
- “Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean de La Bruyère
- “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
- “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.” – John Lennon
- “Sometimes hope is the only thing that gets us through the day.” – Unknown
- “Hope never abandons you, you abandon it.” – George Weinberg
- “Hope is what makes us human.” – Unknown
- “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther
Hope doesn’t erase the pain or promise perfection it simply helps you carry on.
Hold on. Breathe. Trust in the light ahead.