Quotes on Hope
“My experiences of men has neither disposed me to think worse of them nor be indisposed to serve them: nor, in spite of failures which I lament, of errors which I now see and acknowledge, or the present aspect of affairs, do I despair of the future. The truth is this: The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope.”
Robert E Lee, Life, Hope
“there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons
Stephen King, Hope
“Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.”
― Red in Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King , Different Seasons
Stephen King, Hope
“Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
Stephen King, Hope
“Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence.”
Wendell Berry, Hope
“I hope the exit is joyful and i hope never to return.”
Frida Kahlo, Hope, Happiness, Goals
“A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty.”
David Hume, Hope, Happiness, Wealth
“Fear is the enemy of hope.”
Dave Ramsey, Hope
“Dreaming is a sign you have hope.”
Dave Ramsey, Hope
"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all"
Poem – Hope is the thing with feathers
Emily Dickinson, Hope
“I do have reasons for hope: our clever brains, the resilience of nature, the indomitable human spirit, and above all, the commitment of young people when they’re empowered to take action.”
Jane Goodall, Hope, Intelligence/Wisdom, Goals
“Hope is often misunderstood. People tend to think that it is simply passive wishful thinking: I hope something will happen but I’m not going to do anything about it. This is indeed the opposite of real hope, which requires action and engagement.”
Jane Goodall, Hope
“There is still so much in the world worth fighting for. So much that is beautiful, so many wonderful people working to reverse the harm, to help alleviate the suffering. And so many young people dedicated to making this a better world. All conspiring to inspire us and to give us hope that it is not too late to turn things around, if we all do our part.”
Jane Goodall, Hope, Society, Goals
“Hope does not deny the evil, but is a response to it.”
Jane Goodall, Hope
“In all my lectures and books, I focus on reasons for hope. But today, it’s getting harder and harder to take that message of hope around the world. Todays’ young people—everywhere I go—they’re so excited and empowered. We’re listening to their voices. That gives us a reason to hope.”
Jane Goodall, Hope, Society
“My job is to collect stories of hope — because there's so much going on that's awful. Animals becoming extinct, forests disappearing, people suffering tremendously. If this is the only aspect that gets out to the general public, they think there's not much we can do and they do nothing. And so these stories that show what can be done I think are tremendously important.”
— In an interview with Ecosia
Jane Goodall, Work, Hope, Nature, Goals
"Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended … to take in the whole sick population. May we hope that the day will come … when every poor sick person will have the opportunity of a share in a district sick-nurse at home."
Florence Nightingale, Hope
“In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again.”
Anne Frank, Hope, Life
“Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.”
Anne Frank, Hope, Life, Courage, Strength
"What gets me about the United States is that it pretends to be honest and therefore has so little room to move toward hope."
Audre Lorde, Society, Honesty , Hope
"Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair."
bell hooks, Hope, Society
"Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams."
Henry David Thoreau, Friendship, Hope, Goals
"My hopes were never brighter than now."
Frederick Douglass, Hope
"The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope."
Stephen Hawking, Life, Hope
"My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for."
John Wayne, Hope
"Hope is a waking dream."
Aristotle, Hope
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."
Martin Luther King Jr., Hope
"Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment."