Whether what trial or tribulation we are in, hope is always needed to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The darkness can surround us at the moment, but with the right inspiration to boost us through it, we will make it!
What gives you hope? Find your inspiration and stick with it. The tiniest amount of hope can be the difference between your success or failure.
Here are the top 50 quotes on hope. Enjoy!
- “A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” – Brad Henry
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.” – Jonas Salk
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “‘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
- ”You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety. “ – Job 11:18-19
- “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou
- “Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.” – Gustave Flaubert
- “Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “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
- “How far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?” – Nicholas Sparks
- “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.” – T
- “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
- “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
- “Love without hope will not survive, love without faith changes nothing. Love gives power to hope and faith.” – Toba Beta
- “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
- “Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering ‘it will be happier’…” – Alfred Lord Tennyson
- ”A positive statement propels hope toward a better future, it builds up your faith and that of others, and it promotes change.” – Jan Dargatz
- “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein
- “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
- ”In fact, hope is best gained after defeat and failure, because then inner strength and toughness is produced.” – Fritz Knapp
- “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller
- “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
- ”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
- “Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.” – Samuel Smiles
- “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
- “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
- “A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope.” – Howard Thurman
- “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
- “Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” – Robert H. Schuller
- “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
- “He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope has everything.” – Thomas Carlyle
- “The miserable have no other medicine but only hope.” – William Shakespeare
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “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
- 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
- I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains. — Anne Frank
- Hope never abandons you; you abandon it. — George Weinberg