Having Hope Quotes

• If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Faith, Hope, Future

  "Cousteau country: scuba diving in Papua New Guinea" by Kevin Rushby, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2017.

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  Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

  Desmond Tutu

  Hope, Light, Darkness

  "The Priest". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. March 4, 2010.

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• 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.

  Nhat Hanh

  Positive, Uplifting, Hope

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• Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Inspirational, Hope, Nature

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.4655, Library of Alexandria

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• Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Hope, Stars

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• Once you choose hope, anything's possible

  Christopher Reeve

  Inspirational, Positive, Uplifting

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  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

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• 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.

  Inspiring, Moving On, Dream

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “The trumpet of conscience”, Harpercollins

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• If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today

  Nhat Hanh

  Uplifting, Hope, Believe

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• 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

  Inspiring, Dream, Hope

  "Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Hvížďala". Book by Václav Havel, translated by Paul Wilson. Chapter 5: "The Politics of Hope", 1990.

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  Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

  Joseph Addison

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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  Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.59, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspiring, Success, Hope

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (2000). “Life's Instructions for Wisdom, Success, and Happiness”, p.85, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier

  Thomas S. Monson

  Hope, Lovely, Doubt

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• There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.

  E. W. Howe

  Hope, Aging, Well Known

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• Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Hope, Spring, Rain

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2012). “Simple Abundance”, Random House

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• Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

  Epicurus

  Being Happy, Thankful, Hope

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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• Faith means believing the unbelievable.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Hope, Believe, Mean

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  Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

  Saint Augustine

  Life, Change, Beautiful

  "Spirituality and Liberation: Overcoming the Great Fallacy". Book by Robert McAfee Brown, p. 136, 1988.

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• We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Inspirational, Inspiring

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• Have Hope. Though clouds environs now, And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put thou the shadow from thy brow, - No night but hath its morn.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Night, Clouds, Hopeful

  "Hope, Faith, and Love". Poem by Friedrich Schiller (circa 1786), as translated in "The Common School Journal", Volume IX, edited by Horace Mann (p. 38), 1847.

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• Always believe in your dreams, because if you don't, you'll still have hope.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Dream, Hope, Believe

  Young India, March 23, 1924.

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

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Hope, Have Faith, Logical

  "Cousteau country: scuba diving in Papua New Guinea" by Kevin Rushby, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2017.

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