“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”

“There is a light that shines in the darkness, which is only visible there. — Barbara Brown Taylor”

“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. — C.H. Spurgeon”

“Deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that forest of sorrow, you cannot imagine that you could ever find your way to a better place. But if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now have moved on, sometimes this will bring hope. — Elizabeth Gilbert”

“I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope, for hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, for love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, but the faith and the love are all in the waiting. — T.S. Eliot”

“If light is in your heart, you will find your way home. — Rumi”

“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. — Samuel Smiles”

“Never lose hope, my heart, miracles dwell in the invisible. — Rumi”

“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. — Christopher Reeve”

“The new cultural belief that everything should be fun, fast, and easy is inconsistent with hopeful thinking. It also sets us up for hopelessness. When we experience something that is difficult and requires significant time and effort, we are quick to think, This is supposed to be easy; it’s not worth the effort. Hopeful self-talk sounds more like, This is tough, but I can do it. — Brené Brown”

“Hope is not an emotion; it’s a way of thinking or a cognitive process. — Brené Brown”

“Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it. — Albert Camus”

“If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the same. Tolerance for disappointment, determination, and a belief in self are the heart of hope. — Brené Brown”

“It’s the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee. — Nicholas Sparks”

“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 a force of nature. Don’t let anyone tell you different. — Jim Butcher”

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. — Martin Luther King Jr.”

“Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever. — Roy T. Bennett”

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. — Maya Angelou”

“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. — Howard Zinn”

“The world is part of us, as we are part of the world. Even through the smallest acts, we can demonstrate that. I believe in the human spirit, in the kindness in all of us, and I am hopeful for this world. — Clemantine Wamariya”

“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. — John Green”

“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope. — Thomas Merton”

“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. — G.K. Chesterton”

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. — C.S. Lewis”

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now. — Goethe”

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain”

“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”

“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality. — Jonas Salk”

“Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals. Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all heavenly environment. — James Allen”

“This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. — Ralph Waldo Emerson”

“I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going. And I have trained myself to love it. Because it is only when we are suspended in mid-air with no landing in sight, that we force our wings to unravel and alas begin our flight. — C. JoyBell C.”

“Where flowers bloom, so does hope. — Lady Bird Johnson”

“I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains. — Anne Frank”

“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. — Tahereh Mafi”

“We seldom notice how each day is a holy place where the eucharist of the ordinary happens, transforming our broken fragments into an eternal continuity that keeps us. — John O’Donohue”

“Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature. — Steve Maraboli”

“Peace is not the end of the mundane, troublesome, and painful moments of life. Peace is found in the midst of the mundane, troublesome, and painful moments of life as we look for the good in all things. — L.R. Knost”

“Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice the holiness in it. — Barbara Brown Taylor”

“Many of the arts practiced at home are especially nourishing to the soul because they foster contemplation and demand a degree of artfulness, such as arranging flowers, cooking, and making repairs. — Thomas Moore”

“Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. 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”

“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”

“Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate. — G.K. Chesterton”

“I have found it very important in my own life to try to let go of my wishes and instead to live in hope. I am finding that when I choose to let go of my sometimes petty and superficial wishes and trust that my life is precious and meaningful something really new, something beyond my own expectations begins to happen for me. — Henri Nouwen”

“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”

“The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. — Marion Zimmer Bradley”

“Hope is not dependent on peace in the land, justice in the world, and success in the business. Hope is willing to leave unanswered questions unanswered and unknown futures unknown. — Henri Nouwen”

“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. — Winston Churchill”

“Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. — Elie Wiesel”

“The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice. — Thich Nhat Hanh”

“It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely. — Leo Buscaglia”

“You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people. — Zig Ziglar”

“I want there to be a place in the world where people can engage in one another’s differences in a way that is redemptive, full of hope and possibility. — Bell Hooks”

“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”

“The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others. — Bryant McGill”

“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you. — Clarissa Pinkola Estés”

“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”

“Somehow I can’t believe there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C’s. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy and the greatest of these is Confidence. — Walt Disney”

“As with any descent to the unconscious, there comes a time when one simply hopes for the best, pinches one’s nose, and jumps into the abyss. If this were not so, we would not have needed to create the words heroine, hero, or courage. — Clarissa Pinkola Estés”

“I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom. — Clarissa Pinkola Estés”

“Life doesn’t give you dreams and aspirations for you to turn away and say ‘not for people like me.’ Your dreams are your real Self yearning to be followed with a courageous heart and unbending intent. — Jackson Kiddard”

“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. — Mother Teresa”

“How much hope, expectation, and sheer hard work goes into the smallest success! There is no being sure of anything except that whatever has been created will change in time. — May Sarton”

“Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It’s the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, ‘This is me, and I’m interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am.’ — Ashton Kutcher”

“Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle”

“The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. — Auguste Rodin”

“And books, they offer one hope—that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved. — Anne Rice”

“Desire makes life happen. Makes it matter. Makes everything worth it. Desire is life. Hunger to see the next sunrise or sunset, to touch the one you love, to try again. — Karen Marie Moning”

“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”

“Hope is sweet-minded and sweet-eyed. It draws pictures; it weaves fancies; it fills the future with delight. — Henry Ward Beecher”

“Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love? — Leo Buscaglia”

“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past. — Anne Lamott”

“Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed. — Brené Brown”

“Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can, worrying won’t make it any better. — Walt Disney”

“There are lots of ways to bring joy, happiness, peace, laughter, hope and comfort into your life, and they cost absolutely nothing. — Sandra Magsamen”

“Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future. — Johann von Goethe”