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“It is seldom that we find either men or places such as we expect them. ... Yet it is necessary to hope, though hope should always be deluded, for hope itself is happiness, and its frustrations, however frequent, are yet less dreadful than its extinction.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) first seen 1759 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No. 58 (26 May 1759)
“My address to Congress comes on Tuesday night at 9:00 o'clock Eastern Time. I hope you'll tune in and consider what I have to say. I hope you'll agree that my plan is good for you and for your family. But, even more, I hope you'll agree it's good for America. Thank you for listening.”
George W. Bush (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope I no longer strive to strive towards such things (Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings?) Why should I mourn The vanished power of the usual reign?”
T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To believe in God is to long for His existence and, further, it is to act as if he existed; it is to live by this longing and to make it the inner spring of our action. This longing or hunger for divinity begets hope, hope begets faith, and faith and hope beget charity. Of this divine longing is born our sense of beauty, of finality, of goodness.”
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our life is a hope which is continually converting itself into memory and memory in its turn begets hope. Give us leave to live! The eternity that is like an eternal present, without memory and without hope, is death. Thus do ideas exist in the God-Idea, but not thus do men live in the living God, in the God-Man.”
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hope of consciousness is strength Hope of feelings is slavery Hope of body is disease.”
G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949) said by 1949 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Live. Breathe. It is not fear that we need to live by, but joy, hope. Inside you, in your ocean, maybe it seems barren; maybe it feels as if there is no hope, no kindness, no reason for happiness. But deep within you, undeniably, something rumbles, cries out, wants to be born. Allow the joy to come forward. Allow the hope to exist.”
Prem Rawat (born 1957) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Madrid, Spain September 1990
“I was talking like this to the Princeton professor and he said well if these are the facts there is no hope and I said well what is hope hope is just contact with the facts.”
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) said by 1946 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In other periods of depression it has always been possible to see some things which were solid and upon which you could base hope, but as I look about, I now see nothing to give ground for hope — nothing of man. But there is still religion, which is the same yesterday, today, and forever. That continues as a solid basis for hope and courage.”
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) first seen 1933 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Conversation with Charles Andrews (1 January 1933), quoted in Coolidge: An American Enigma (2000).
“Hope had grown grey hairs, Hope had mourning on, Trenched with tears, carved with cares, Hope was twelve hours gone.”
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) said by 1889 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are the party of the New Freedom, the New Deal, and the New Frontier. We have always been the party of hope. So this year, let us offer new hope— new hope to an America uncertain about the present but unsurpassed in its potential for the future.”
Ted Kennedy (1932–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Worthy work carries with it the hope of pleasure in rest, the hope of the pleasure in our using what it makes, and the hope of pleasure in our daily creative skill. All other work but this is worthless; it is slaves' work — mere toiling to live, that we may live to toil.”
William Morris (1834–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope you never need no one, Hope you treasure your independence. I hope you never fall in love With someone like you.”
Tom Petty (1950–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But in adversity, intelligence alone cannot sustain hope. Ultimately, hope can be sustained only by finding purpose in adversity, by imposing a pattern on the fortuitous disasters of existence. Human beings, if force to it, will compromise their intelligence to preserve their hope.”
Edmund Cooper (1926–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You sit around and you go, “Oh, I hope people like me, and I hope they friend me, and I hope they do all this superficial stuff that doesn't cost anything.” But what you really want is to not suck enough that people that you really admire wouldn't mind doing something with you.”
Merlin Mann (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No doubt I shall be told: "In the immense majority of cases this is an illusion." But it is of the essence of hope to exlclude the consideration of cases; moreover, it can be shown that there exists an ascedning dialectic of hope, whereby hope rises to a plane which transcends the level of all possible empirical disproof - the plane of salvation as opposed to that of success in whatever form”
Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“speaking metaphysically, the only genuine hope is hope in what does not depend on ourselves, hope springing from humility and not from pride.”
Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How can Christian theology truly speak of the hope of Jesus Christ, unless that hope begins and ends with the liberation of the poor in the social existence in which theology takes shape? In America this means that there can be no talk about hope in the Christian sense unless it is talk about the freedom of black, red, and brown people.”
James H. Cone (1938–2018) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 128 (1975 edition)
“I would like to return if Turkey becomes a democratic and law-abiding state again, but it is not possible to say when this will happen. There is no sign of hope in the short term. But blasphemy continues, oppression does not continue. If God Almighty desires something, He creates its causes. A believer never gives up hope. We have not given up hope, and we will not give up.”
Fethullah Gülen (1941–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Until we establish a felt sense of kinship between our own species and those fellow mortals who share with us the sun and shadow of life on this agonized planet, there is no hope for other species, there is no hope for the environment, and there is no hope for ourselves.”
Jon Wynne-Tyson (1924–2020) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Humanimal (2010) by Vergil Z. Ozeca, p. 172
“Your fear is all too human. Accept it, but as you walk this path, let your hope guide you.” “And what if hope guides me off the edge of a cliff?” “I said let hope guide you. I never said stop paying attention to where you’re going.”
Jim C. Hines (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A person without hope is doomed to failure, and one of the great gifts God has given us is the gift of faith, which tells us about his love for us and our love for him. Because of that faith, there is this great hope. Jesus validated this by his resurrection. No matter how difficult life can be, there is the ultimate hope for salvation and peace in the Resurrection.”
Adam Maida (born 1930) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: For Cardinal Maida, a Time to Recollect (February 6, 2009)
“You have to plant hope, but you have to have hope for it to be planted. Optimism and hope, sometimes we don't have it.”
Samir Nassar (born 1950) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Archbishop Nassar of Damascus celebrates faith, fraternity in partnership with archdiocese (27 January 2023) Catholic Spirit
“The hope of those who commit sin because God is forgiving, is an abomination in his sight: their hope, says holy Job, is an abomination. Hence the sinner, by such hope, provokes God to chastise him the sooner, as that servant would provoke his master, who, because his master was good, took advantage of his goodness to behave ill.”
Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787) said by 1787 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope the people you speak to tell you that they’ll slap you if you dare give up. I hope they don’t give you permission to quit. I hope they ignite a fire in your heart and tell you to GET UP AND GET GOING”
Adesuwa Etomi (born 1986) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Actress Adesua Etomi offers words of encouragement to fans,December 19, 2024,Jessica gistlover
“The more we suffer, the more we hope in God. Today, our people have hope in God's mercy, in the certainty of his love. There is a divine message that transcends our human intelligence and understanding. Our only way is to entrust ourselves to his merciful love and reaffirm our hope in God's plan of salvation.”
Marco Tin Win (born 1960) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Archbishop of Mandalay among the homeless: "The tragedy has not extinguished hope, we will rise with Christ" (3 April 2025) Fides News Agency
“If we do not have hope, how do we become part of this greatness that God has started in the Nation? We find through the love of Christ, a deeper message of hope, especially, in the theme for this year’s celebration, “Christ in you, the hope of glory.””
Oluremi Tinubu (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“it’s really love more than hope…We hear so much of: ‘Well, do you have hope?’ Hope for what? For me it’s about helping people fall in love with the world again. We know as people the power we have when we really recognise our love for someone or something. Hmm! – there’s nothing that’s going to stand in our way. (The Guardian, 2024)”
Robin Wall Kimmerer (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In spite of the diversity of national situations and - within a Country such as Switzerland - of individual dioceses, we all need to be encouraged in hope. The only hope is Christ. However, the Synod invites us to see Him alive in His Church. Therefore also the Church must become a sign and source of hope in this world.”
Amédée Grab (1930–2019) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: H. Exc. Most Rev. Amédée GRAB, O.S.B., Bishop of Chur (6 October 1998) Press Office of the Holy See
“He (Tunji-Ishola) just ended being such a wonderful gift to the nation. I hope he will continue to have success. I hope he continues to have active participation in politics and I hope he continues to have positions where he can contribute to the growth of the state and the country.”
Iyabo Obasanjo (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hope is part of the human condition and trans people’s hope is our proof that we are fully human. We are not an ‘issue’ to be debated and derided. We are symbols of hope for many non-trans people, too, who see in our lives the possibility of living more fully and freely. That is why some people hate us: they are frightened by the gleaming opulence of our freedom. Our existence enriches this world.”
Shon Faye (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One cannot speak about hope in a simplistic way. Instead, using lively faith as a starting point, embracing the Cross is necessary so that, from His Resurrection, He may be the Hope of a new world. This is the Bishop's challenge, the servant of the Gospel for the hope of the world.”
Antonio José López Castillo (1945–2021) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: H.E. Most Rev. Antonio José LÓPEZ CASTILLO, Bishop of Barinas (Venezuela). (4 October 2001) Press Office of the Holy See
“If these by hope doe joye in their distresse, And constant are, in hope to conquer tyme, Then let not hope in us (sweete friend) be lesse, And cause our love to wither in the Pryme.Let us conspyre, and time will have an end, So both of us in time shall have a frend.”
Giles Fletcher the Elder (1548–1611) first seen 1593 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Licia (1593), elegy [3]
“The theme of hope fits the feeling in people's hearts: in this phase, we are bearers of hope; we have the hope that comes from God. We listen and offer our strength so that the Lord may complete his work and we may do our part humbly and with faith.”
Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don (born 1947) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cardinal Ranjith: “Hope, the word that describes the spirit that prevails in Sri Lanka” (28 May 2025) Fides News Agency
“Siguro yung may hope (Maybe there is hope), even though things are not going well, even if things are not going right or the way you want it, there’s always hope.”
Angelu De Leon (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The man who seeks one thing in life and but one May hope to achieve it before life is done; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows A harvest of barren regrets.”
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The slave who digs in the mine or labors at the oar can rejoice at the prospect of laying down his burden together with his life; but to the slave of guilt there arises no hope from death. On the contrary, he is obliged to look forward with constant terror to this most certain of all events, as the conclusion of all his hopes, and the commencement of his greatest miseries.”
Hugh Blair (1718–1800) said by 1800 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much to hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.”
Edmund Burke (1729–1797) first seen 1777 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Charles James Fox (8 October 1777)
“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. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty's lamp guiding your steps and opportunity's arm steadying your way.”
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The West is the fitting tomb for all the sorrow and the sighing, all the errors and the follies of the Past: for all its withered Hopes and all its buried Loves! From the East comes new strength, new ambition, new Hope, new Life, new Love! Look Eastward! Aye, look Eastward!”
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) said by 1898 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[The masses] … must turn their hopes toward a miracle. In the depths of their despair reason cannot be believed, truth must be false, and lies must be truth. "Higher bread prices," "lower bread prices," "unchanged bread prices" have all failed. The only hope lies in a kind of bread price which is none of these, which nobody has ever seen before, and which belies the evidence of one's reason.”
Peter Drucker (1909–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am rejoiced at my fate. I had rather be in my present situation than to be elected to a seat in congress for life. I am in great hopes of making a fortune for myself and family. I hope you will do the best you can and I will do the same. Do not be uneasy about me for I am with my friends.”
Davy Crockett (1786–1836) first seen 1836 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to his children (9 January 1836)
“Lo, the lovers unloved that draw nigh for your blessing! For your tale makes the dreaming whereby yet they live The dreams of the day with their hopes of redressing, The dreams of the night with the kisses they give, The dreams of the dawn wherein death and hope strive.”
William Morris (1834–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let us be mistrustful of our own feelings...stand firm, let us not be hypocritical in our faith and in our devotion to Jesus Christ. Do not place hope in yourself but set all your hopes in God--that is the first lesson incumbent upon you to learn.”
Makarii Glukharev (1792–1847) said by 1847 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die. I want nothing. I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. Therefore I am free. For during life it is our wants, our hopes, our fears that enslave us.”
Nawal El Tatawy (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do hope they recognize that I care deeply about Trinity and trying to make it a stronger institution, that fundamentally I want to leave the place better than it was when I came. It isn’t about me; it is about a better Trinity and my hopes for higher education being better and stronger for the country.”
Joanne Berger-Sweeney (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Human hopes are not entirely alien to theological hope.”
Giorgio La Pira (1904–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Words are such thin shavings of the fractal fruit, tiny scraping of the skin that holds these joyously determined swirls of history inside their juicy turbulence. Talking itself westward after the day's feast, each little word with its meaning strapped to its back falls down the swell of tomorrow like a hiker with hopeful new shoes.”
Karen Press (born 1956) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Purposefully peeling footsteps (Home, 2000)
“I was still very hopeful that much work lay ahead of me. Perhaps because much of what I had worked on or thought about had not yet been put into writing, I felt I still had things in reserve. Given this optimistic nature, I feel this way even now when I am past sixty.”
Stanislaw Ulam (1909–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To bear adversity with meek submission to the will of God; to endure chastisement with all long-suffering and joyfulness; to appear cheerful amid surrounding gloom, hopeful amidst desponding circumstances, happy in God when there is nothing else to make us happy; he who does this has indeed made great advances in the divine life.”
John Angell James (1785–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source