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“The sun will rise again tomorrow, vigilant and weary as hope.”
Lisa Suhair Majaj (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My hope is for the future with young people. I would say that young people are not NEARLY as racist as what we used to be. And I think they see a completely different world and I’m so happy that that is the case.”
Beverly Wright wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In such a world all war would be civil war and we must hope that it will grow increasingly inconceivable. It has already become capable of such unlimited destruction and such fearful possibilities of uncontrollable and little understood "chain reactions" of all sorts that it would seem that no one not literally insane could decide to start an atomic war.”
Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are not asked to subscribe to any Utopia or to believe in a perfect world just around the corner. We are asked to be patient with necessarily slow and groping advance on the road forward, and to be ready for each step ahead as it becomes practicable. We are asked to equip ourselves with courage, hope, readiness for hard work, and to cherish large and generous ideals.”
Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All right, a military dictatorship is ugly and repressive. But if a minority British Socialist Government ever sought, by cunning, duplicity, corruption, terror and foreign arms, to turn this country into a Communist State, I hope and pray our armed forces would intervene to prevent such a calamity as efficiently as the armed forces did in Chile.”
Peregrine Worsthorne (1923–2020) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Article in The Sunday Telegraph after his tour of Chile as a guest of the junta in March 1974, quoted in Andy Beckett, Pinochet's Piccadilly: Britain and Chile's Hidden Past (2002), pp. 185-186
“This is a grim business. There’s nothing romantic about harassing an overwhelming power with no hope of winning.” “If he knows he can’t win, why does he do it?” “To avoid losing.” “That sounds profound, but it doesn’t make a hell of a lot of sense,” said Cain.”
Mike Resnick (1942–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Still,” he added, “I thank you for your concern. When the election is over, I will remember who my friends are.” “I just hope you remember who your enemies are before the election is held,” said Beddoes sincerely.”
Mike Resnick (1942–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Any measure calculated to encourage virtue and subdue vice must be the wisest and best policy of a nation. In new countries there is a dignity in labour and a self-supporting woman is alike respected and respectable. Why should the door of hope be closed on those poor women, and why refuse them the means of attaining that independence in other countries which they are debarred from in this?”
Charlotte Stoker (1818–1901) first seen 1863 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking to the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society in Ireland at the meeting after 1863-05 urging that there was need to educate woman who had become destitute and needed to go to the workhouse without money to emig…
“I posit a Jewish identity that embraces diversity and resists a closed circle. My hope is to join a debate about home, diversity, and justice.”
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz (1945–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I initially thought with the Logan Paul fight that would knock him (KSI) out in the first round so, I honestly do not know, I can only hope because that would be amazing to see a knockout in the first round. But by the third round maybe someone can get downed and it is going to be f****** Gib because you’re going f****** down.”
Riley Reid (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I will do my best at this year’s COSAFA and hope to retire on a high note by winning it.”
Bonang Otlhagile (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have fulfilled my dreams. I hope to inspire young women to be fearless in pursuing what sets their souls on fire. I want to teach them to be brave enough to explore uncharted territory and make strides in male-dominated industries”
Kgomotso Phatsima first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Sky Is No Limit For Botswana’s First Female Air Force Pilot,by Keletso Thobega, 19 May l, 2021, Zinger news, retrieved 29 November 2022
“Singing, dancing, art, fashion design and make-up; I want it to be as diverse as possible. I hope to see the creative arts as a contributor to our nation’s GDP.”
Sadi Dikgaka wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope that they treat her with the dignity she deserves, the respect that she deserves. By all accounts, she was an excellent member of the foreign service.”
Raja Krishnamoorthi (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope... to have provided a framework sturdy enough and correct enough to serve both professional and amateur naval architects who propose to redesign the craft which carries us on our journey.”
Tim Maudlin (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I earned my professional credibility a long time ago in a male-dominated world. I just hope that as a woman, I bring in an extra dimension to the job. I bring in the sensitivity of being a woman and a mother, and that means I pay more attention to women, children, and the social needs of society.”
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The people of Liberia know what it means to be deprived of clean water. But we also know what it means to see our children begin to smile again, with a restoration of hope and faith in the future.”
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At the APA Annual Meeting, we celebrate the enduring spirit of hope and resilience that defines Africa—qualities especially embodied by the strength of African women,”
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Africa's Iron rady to deliver emerging voices keynote psychiatryonline.org (28 March 2025)
“As the first woman to receive the award, it is my hope that women and girls across Africa will be inspired to reach for their true potential, to navigate the challenges, break through barriers, and to pursue their dreams. Where there is a first, there comes a second, and a third, and a fourth.”
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Africa's Iron rady to deliver emerging voices keynote psychiatryonline.org (28 March 2025)
“Instead, we had to build a new nation founded on justice, transparency, inclusion, and hope.”
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Nation Rising from Pain to Promise,” says Ex-President Johnson-Sirleaf at UN Peacebuilding Forum verityonlinenews.com (June 23, 2025)
“I hope more prominent Russian businessmen will follow me, so it weakens Putin's regime and his economy, and put him eventually to defeat.”
Oleg Tinkov (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One more long happy Sunday had joined the pale golden Sundays that are gone. Better — to us at any rate — than Sundays now. Though these latter-day Sundays may be real enough, to us they are but the illusion and the bygone days the reality. There is always in our minds the hope that we may find again those golden unhastening days and wake up and dream.”
Angela Thirkell (1890–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The organ pealed forth, though never except in fiction does it do this, rather blaring and bursting, or in more refined cases quavering. In every heart began to spring that exquisite hope, seldom if ever realised, that the bride will have had a fit, or eloped with someone else.”
Angela Thirkell (1890–1961) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chapter III. quote from 2016 ebook (p. 42 in 1941 edition published by A. A. Knopf)
“We have walked on that street called hope but having each other makes it bearable. It requires sacrifice & it takes effort & nurturing. You want a good marriage? Work at it!”
Betty Irabor (born 1957) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Betty on Successful Marriage in 2017.
“We get aid from the west and we get, maybe, concessions and loans and grants from China. The west is obsessed about how things need to be done … We want to maintain this relationship with Britain. We need to maintain that relationship, but it is our sincere hope that the western world will understand that we are racing, too.”
Joyce Banda (born 1950) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Joyce Banda: 'I want Malawians to say our country became a better place'The Guardians(December 17,2012)
“Passion motivates me because on my own, I am comfortable. If I were to rely on the wealth of my parents, I would lack nothing today. But I am willing to create my own wealth. With this, at the back of my mind, passion leads me. I hope to make money from what I am doing, so, I don’t have to rely on my parents.”
Beverly Naya wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I love to play with words and meanings and to make somersaults with them. In the encounter with my fictions, I would like my readers to experience more than just reflection. I would hope they trigger in the readers their own capacity to imagine and play with all the possibilities of language.”
Ana María Shua (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“National Recovery Month is a time to bring hope to people in recovery and their families. I was grateful to be with my son, Harry, as well as Secretary Jen Smith and other advocates to discuss how we can make recovery more accessible and possible for everyone in Pennsylvania”
Madeleine Dean (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Teni is quite the fashion girl actually. You can almost say, that is such a Teni outfit and I hope you can with me too but I like to believe that I might be a little more adventurous than Teni. She likes exactly what she likes, and she likes one particular designer and she will play in that field.”
Ini Dima-Okojie (born 1990) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How her fashion style is related to her character role in the film AM Battleground (October 2018)
“As long as he did not know the truth, he could interpret the story in the only way that gave him hope: the coming of black rule would not mean, could never mean the end of white power.”
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I strive to positively impact the next generation, not just young girls, but all youth. I hope my music and journey inspire young girls to pursue their dreams and to know their worth, despite any challenges they may face.”
Butera Knowless (born 1990) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Knowless Butera on sexual harassment in music, inspiring young girls and more (The New Times, April 5, 2024)
“The first step is to find hope within yourself, even when life is hard. As long as you breathe, life remains possible and can improve. Prayer also gives strength to achieve what we cannot do alone”
Butera Knowless (born 1990) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Butera Knowless promises BK Arena concert, shares life lessons in fan Q&AUmunota(March 23, 2026)
“During this 32nd commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi, my message is to remember, rebuild ourselves, and commit to continuing to live with hope and strength to build a Rwanda free from discrimination and hatred.”
Butera Knowless (born 1990) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kwibuka32: Butera Knowless reminded the youth that they are the foundation of Rwanda’s future.InyaRwanda(November,04,2026)
“As a new organization, it has been challenging but we give God the glory, having had very amazing people to work with, we have been able to set the issue of diaspora on the front burner, although there is a lot more to do especially regarding diaspora voting which I hope the next parliament will put on the front burner.”
Abike Dabiri (born 1962) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How she has been managing her role (10 October 2022)
“Every country should respect its own local industry. We must look for ways to help Nigerians who put in a lot of hard work whether as cast or crew members. Their hope is to be able to earn a living from the sacrifices and efforts they put into supporting the production of the movies the Nigerian audience consume.”
Emem Isong (born 1950) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Emem speaks on FG's plan regarding production of Nigerian films in 2017.
“Nothing in life is worth committing suicide over. It is said that when there is life, there is hope. For most people who reached that bridge of almost taking their lives, they eventually thank God that they did not take that plunge. The only thing that is constant is change. You may not have today, but you would have tomorrow.”
Ayo Adesanya (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A Nigeria of abundance has begun, and to be part of the greatness that God has started in the nation, Nigerians must look beyond their current realities and embrace hope anew.”
Oluremi Tinubu (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Remi Tinubu
“My husband is not a magician. He is going to work brick-by-brick, and I believe and have hope that you will have faith in this administration. The best is yet to come”
Oluremi Tinubu (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My personal goal in my public life is to try to replace the old pervasive stereotypes and myths about Latinas with a much more interesting set of realities. Every time I give a reading, I hope the stories I tell, the dreams and fears I examine in my work, can achieve some universal truth which will get my audience past the particulars of my skin color, my accent, or my clothes.”
Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we could conquer Ebola, I believe we can conquer this too, we only need to take precaution, At least the only case that has been identified yet as been quarantined. We just hope our government will intensify its efforts in making sure it’s fully eradicated.”
Biola Adebayo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I feel like being honest helps me heal. I decided to put that in my music. I hope they [fans] notice how I stand out.”
Ami Faku (born 1993) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mail and Guardian's 200 Young South Africans: Ami Faku, 27, by Lesley Stones, 2020
“A democracy does not rest on force. It never did and it never will. Rather does it rest on the education of its people for righteousness, which Carlyle declared was a democracy’s only hope.”
Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The ale is good, Lavrans Bjørgulfsøn” said Haakon. “But a slut must have made the porridge for us today. Overly bedded cooks make overly boiled porridge, as the saying goes, and this porridge is scorched.” “It’s a shame for me to give you burned porridge, said Lavrans. But I hope that the old saying isn’t always true, because it was my daughter herself who made the porridge.”
Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) said by 1949 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With that in mind, I do hope that you will be inspired and motivated to join me on this exciting journey.”
Funke Abimbola wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I write to get to the bottom of whatever I’m feeling. And I hope that my music will comfort the people who hear it, and maybe help them process whatever they need to.”
Nataly Dawn (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being that vulnerable is so necessary; putting words to those feelings is difficult, and it take a while to write the songs because I want to get them right. It can be excruciating, but it’s worth it, it feels like you actually got to the bottom of something, and the hope is that people can easily relate to it.”
Nataly Dawn (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The hope now is that fiscal and monetary policy are at least both retrenching, if policymakers truly want to wrestle inflation back down. Remember, this isn't about soaring (or collapsing) lumber prices anymore. It's about a labor market running so hot it's short of millions and millions of workers, which will make everything from childcare to elder care more inflationary in the long run”
Kelly Evans (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was one of six players who had joined the organisation at its inception. I actively represented MTG in a variety of tournaments both within and outside of Kilifi and Kwale counties, including the Kenya Premier League, in which MTG participated in 2014. When I learned about MTG, a sport for development organisation that gives girls and young women in Kilifi more power, my hope was reawakened”
Esse Akida (born 1992) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How Akida brushed aside stereotype to rise in women footballThe Star(19 September 2024 )
“Basically, I just hope that the Nigerian movie industry gets bigger and better, because we are still growing. I’ve heard a lot about sexual harassment in Nollywood, though I haven’t witnessed it. In Nollywood, I look up to Rita Dominic, I want to be like her. I also like Uche Jombo.”
Peggy Ovire wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stories can change. Stories change. Let nothing rob you of hope, stories change!”
Shola Allyson (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source