Quotes about hope
152 quotes from 111 people
Napoleon1769–1821In His Own Words (1916)We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
- GBGeorge Washington Burnap1802–1859Often credited to Joseph Addison
Jesse Jackson1941–2026Address to the Democratic National Convention (July 19, 1988)
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s AlmanackThe world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming it.
Helen Keller1880–1968Optimism (1903)
Douglas MacArthur1880–1964Sylvanus Thayer Award acceptance speech to the cadets of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York (12 May 1962)We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.1809–1894Valedictory address to medical graduates at Harvard University (10 March 1858), published in The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. LVIII, No. 8 (25 March 1858), p. 158Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Letter (8 June 1762) [to an unnamed recipient], p. 103For myself I am an optimist — it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Lord Mayor’s Banquet, Guildhall, London (9 November 1954) The Unwritten Alliance, page 195, Columbia University, NY (1966),page 195
