When things in our life feel difficult and overwhelming, like in the current pandemic, it's easy to feel hopeless about the future.
But we've compiled some of the best quotes from the world's greatest minds which prove that hope is not only easier than you think - it's a necessary part of the human condition.
Inspirational hope quotes
“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
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” – Winston Churchill
"When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on." — Theodore Roosevelt.
"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." — Leonard Cohen
"In fact, hope is best gained after defeat and failure, because then inner strength and toughness is produced." — Fritz Knapp.
Hope quotes from the bible
"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
“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
Losing hope quotes
“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
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” – Barack Obama
“Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy.” – uknown.
“Where no hope is left, is left no fear.” – John Milton
“In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.” – Martin Luther
Love and hope quotes
“Love without hope will not survive, love without faith changes nothing. Love gives power to hope and faith.” – Toba Beta
"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
“Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.” – Gustave Flaubert
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou
“Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
Short quotes about hope
"What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life." – Emil Brunner
"Hope is one of the principal springs that keep mankind in motion." – Thomas Fuller
"Hope is a waking dream.” – Aristotle
"Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” – Robert H. Schulle
"Hope is the last thing ever lost." — Italian proverb
Hopes and dreams quotes
"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
“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
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important things is not to stop questioning." – Albert Einstein
"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.
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Quotes about hope from films
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” – The Butler, 2013
“I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?” – Castaway, 2000
"The truest friend does not doubt... but hope.” – Emma, 2020
"Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. Try to remember that when you find yourself at a new beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up, and it will." – Hope Floats, 1998
"Remember... hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." – Shawshank Redemption, 1994