Famously Said Random quote

Quotes about hope

152 quotes from 111 people

Most readBy personPage 8 of 11

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.
Arthur Miller1915–2005The Ride Down Mount Morgan (1991), Act 1
Long is the way
And hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.
John Milton1608–1674Paradise Lost (1667), Book IIIn context
Some natural tears they dropt, but wiped them soon;
The world was all before them, where to choose
Their place of rest, and Providence their guide:
They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow,
Through Eden took their solitary way.
John Milton1608–1674Paradise Lost (1667), Book XIIIn context
- Change
Marilla, isn’t it nice to think that to-morrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?
L. M. Montgomery1874–1942Anne of Green Gables (1908), Chapter XXIIn context
- Failure
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Napoleon1769–1821In His Own Words (1916)
- Leadership
Charity keepeth us in Faith and Hope, and Hope leadeth us in Charity. And in the end all shall be Charity.
Julian of Norwich1342–1416Revelations of Divine Love, Sixteenth Revelation, Ch. 84
- Charity
- Faith
It behoved that there should be sin; but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.
Julian of Norwich1342–1416Revelations of Divine Love, Thirteenth Revelation, ch. 27
- Religion
The absence of hope can rot a society from within.
Barack Obamaborn 1961Nobel Prize acceptance speech (December 2009)
If we don’t care about our past we can’t have very much hope for our future.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis1929–1994Press conference held at the Grand Central Terminal’s famous Oyster Bar in 1975 in New York City
- History
There is a high goal, a mountain peak, a star that shines in the darkness, beckoning above the horizon. Its mere existence gives you hope⁠—and that is the meaning without which you cannot live.
Jordan Petersonborn 1962Beyond Order (2021), p. 133
- Motivation & Goals
Hope springs eternal in the human breast:
Man never is, but always to be bless’d
Alexander Pope1688–1744An Essay on Man (1733–1734), Epistle IIn context
All things living are in search of a better world.
Karl Popper1902–1994In Search of a Better World (1984), Preface
Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004Address to the Republican National Convention, Houston (17 August 1992)
Well I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — America’s best days are yet to come. Our proudest moments are yet to be. Our most glorious achievements are just ahead.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004Republican National Convention (17 August 1992)
- America
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
Christopher Reeve1952–2004Speech at the Democratic National Convention (26 August 1996)
- Motivation & Goals