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“I am happy to receive this award, not only because it allows me to bring a message of hope and strength from Rwanda but also because it gives me the opportunity to meet amazing women leaders who are making a difference in their respective countries.”
Michaella Rugwizangoga first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rugwizangoga Youth Representative said : (The New Times, Thursday, March 13, 2014)
“Dearest brother, Thank you for wanting to help me. I would rather die than abandoning the forty-three persons for whom I am responsible. Pray for us, that we may come to God. Say ‘goodbye’ to our old mother and our brother. When I come to God, I shall pray for you. Keep well. Thank you for thinking of me. If God saves us, as we hope, we shall see each other tomorrow.”
Félicité Niyitegeka (1934–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It has made me feel very, very humble, and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything I may be able to do in the future, I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry.”
Hattie McDaniel (1893–1952) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: while receiving best supporting actress award at the 12th Academy Awards in 1940 for her role in Gone with the Wind.
“I truly have hope because there are a lot of young people here. I challenge you all to make a difference, it’s in your hands.”
Esther Mujawayo (born 1958) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Esther Mujawayo: The Voice Of A Survivor. The Concordian. (October 2007)
“There’s a mantra that I live with. No matter what horrible circumstances you may face in your life, never lose hope.”
Consolee Nishimwe (born 1979) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rwandan community in China commemorates the 28th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, reaffirming commitment to national unity. ChinAfrica. (May 2022)
“Losing hope is the beginning of your own self-defeat.”
Consolee Nishimwe (born 1979) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rwandan community in China commemorates the 28th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, reaffirming commitment to national unity. ChinAfrica. (May 2022)
“My life matters. . . No matter what you’ve been through, you should never give up. Never lose hope.”
Consolee Nishimwe (born 1979) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An Interview of Consolee Nishimwee. Ever Rwanda. (February 2021)
“Despite my horrific experience and the things I have endured, I chose not to be held back by the past but to live with a sense of hope and optimism.”
Consolee Nishimwe (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The things I couldn’t tolerate broke my heart and spirit. It literally killed me but it fixed my vision. I hope that someday, that special someone that I can submit to, someone that I cannot live without would find me and conquer my fears. For now, I am very happy just doing me and concentrating on me for the very first time in my life.”
Moyo Lawal wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wherever they are, despite the situation, they should not lose hope and must keep training.”
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We hope that we can continue to help the poorest communities with basic necessities during the period of the global health crisis. Among the poor, Christ makes himself present. We seek to witness His love to everyone, with words and deeds.”
John Hsane Hgyi (1953–2021) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mobilization of the Church of Pathein to bring food aid to the poorest during the Covid-19 pandemic (26 November 2020) Fides News Agency
“We must stay true to what makes Nollywood great. Nollywood is African stories, by Africans, for Africans. It’s a celebration of who we are and Africans are our primary audience, I just hope that our foreign critics bear with us and seek out some of Nollywood’s newer content – they may surprise themselves how quickly they become Nollywood fans!”
Mary Njoku (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This leadership instilled hope and equal opportunity. The vision of the leadership that picked up all the pieces set a path for me and so many others to be where we are.”
Nelly Mukazayire (born 1982) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Minister Mukazayire reflects on her leadership path and sport’s role in Rwanda’s transformation (Igihe, 11 August, 2025)
“We all, including me, got an opportunity to live again, to see hope, or see a belief that there can be a future because of a leadership that had a vision.”
Nelly Mukazayire (born 1982) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Minister Mukazayire reflects on her leadership path and sport’s role in Rwanda’s transformation (Igihe, 11 August, 2025)
“Sometimes we have that hope, but we don't use all our strength, you need to work hard, study, and put in the effort.”
Nelly Mukazayire (born 1982) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nelly Mukazayire yavuze ku rukundo rwe rwa siporo, kuba Minisitiri n’amateka ye ashaririye (Umuryango, August 11, 2025).
“I am free and happy finally. I hope this means that the persecution I and my family have faced is over and that I have the liberty to speak my mind. That is what I will continue to fight for across the country.”
Diane Rwigara (born 1981) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: , The EastAfrican (December 8, 2018).
“As we carry men, mail and merchandise - ideas and ideals - science, medicine, culture and the arts - we will again be carrying cargoes of good-will. I hope we will never carry cargoes of imperialism and hate. We must see that they are not sent. We must remember that air transport is the vehicle, not the cargo. It can serve good ends or bad.”
Juan Trippe (1899–1981) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Excerpts from Juan Trippe's speeches: Confirmations of his expanding vision for aviation (19 May 1943)
“I'm not very optimistic about the United States from the political perspective. If the U.S. got its political act together, it has a lot of natural advantages versus a lot of other places in the world. Until we solve this business of these terribly gerrymandered districts, which send extremists to Congress, I don't see much hope for sorting out the political situation.”
Robert Crandall (born 1935) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview: Former American Airlines CEO Robert Crandall" in BTN (17 January 2014)
“What I hope is that this book will also open a dialogue with the rabbonim. Well, maybe not the rabbonim, but with members of the Jewish community-at-large. I'd like them to shep naches from our contributions to Jewish life. I'd like to hear them say "mazel tov" instead of "oy gevald" when they see we've made a book of our own.”
Evelyn Torton Beck (born 1933) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is my sincere hope that Dark Matter will help shed light on the sf genre, that it will correct the misperception that black writers are recent to the field, and that it will encourage more talented writers to enter the genre.”
Sheree Thomas (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So trying to keep certain things off television or out of books is futile. That same energy should be applied to helping children develop their own capacities for judgment, taste and sensitivity, so that they know how to make decisions that are based, we hope, on positive values.”
John M. Culkin (1928–1993) first seen 1981 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Conversation with John Culkin", Maria P. Robbins, Television and Children Journal, Summer, 1981
“We are close to the Holy Father. We love him and pray for him always. The Pope is our only hope, he is the one who makes his voice heard to defend the rights of Christians in every part of the world. We are close to him at this time of suffering and pray the Lord to accompany him at this time of trial.”
Angelo Mottola (1935–2014) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Iranian president Mohammad Khatami sends the Pope “best wishes” (4 March 2005) Fides News Agency
“Governments, as we have seen, look to art as a social salve, and hope that socially interactive art will act as bandaging for the grave wounds continually prised open by capital.”
Julian Stallabrass (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our hope and our greatest desire can only be peace: this is why we pray intensely.”
Youssef Anis Abi-Aad (1940–2017) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Church's efforts to free the kidnapped Christians and to assist the displaced (8 November 2012) Fides News Agency
“[On the possibility misgendering might become a hate crime.] Is that a serious thing? Is that coming to Parliament any time soon? I hope not because you might as well arrest me now. I'm not calling Eddie Izzard a woman.”
Rosie Duffield (born 1971) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Danielle DeWolfe in "Sir Keir Starmer refuses to answer whether Eddie Izzard would make Labour's all-women shortlist" LBC (24 October 2022)
“Therefore, I urge you that in the new year we regain our confidence and not lose hope for a moment that, together, we can keep Romania on its pro-Western path, guided by the fundamental principles and values that define us – justice, freedom and democracy, for which our fellow citizens have paid the ultimate price.”
Klaus Iohannis (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Good luck when you wake up / And realize all that you've lost / Shining lies are what you're made of / I hope it's worth the price that it cost”
Rebecca Black (born 1997) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Great Divide Track 6 RE / BL (2017)
“There are so many people out there who doubt themselves, who have dreams they’ve given up or didn’t think would ever come true. To those people, I hope my story inspires them.”
Ke Huy Quan (born 1971) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘It’s fate.’ 40 years later, Ke Huy Quan is a star, again" in Associated Press (9 December 2022)
“When I walk on a movie set, knowing how difficult it is to get to have this opportunity, I’m always grateful. I didn’t think I would have this amazing second act as an actor in my early 50s, and I hope my story inspires someone to not give up on their dreams.”
Ke Huy Quan (born 1971) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Star Ke Huy Quan On Getting A Second Chance To Pursue His Dream: “I’m Always Grateful”" in Deadline (2 December 2022)
“We feel it, long for them, without even knowing what it is that we feel and yearn toward. We try to replace what is lost with possessions, with belief, with false hope. Longing, as poet Ernesto Cardenal said, for something beyond what we want. (p 204)”
Linda Hogan (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[He] wanted to plant the seed. It was hope. It was a future. He wanted a future to grow in this place made so nearly desolate by bombs, craters and burned woods. (p165)”
Linda Hogan (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For me, and maybe I am wrong, fight has more than one way to exist. Change has to happen. Maybe a book does make a difference, I hope. Maybe words can make change. They have in the past. So I search for the right ones. Maybe it is not of use, but sometimes it is. (2020)”
Linda Hogan (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I search for the words that will speak the feelings inside my body and hope they touch those feelings in others. At the same time it is a celebration and sacred song given back to those of whom I speak, especially the animals who are made stronger by our acknowledgment of them.”
Linda Hogan (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope my work will prompt someone to consider or study more about Chinese poetry.”
Marilyn Chin (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“International order based on legal norms, even if administered under the authority of the privileged club of the permanent members of the Security Council, represented the embodiment of reason and of the hope that the world would never again fall prey to the demons of hatred and destruction.”
Ion Iliescu (1930–2025) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at the 50th UN General Assembly session" (1995)
“It's all one thing — both tend into one scope — To live upon Tobacco and on Hope, The one's but smoke, the other is but wind.”
Robert Aytoun (1570–1638) first seen 1600 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sonnet on tobacco, c. 1600
“We leave behind a huge political investment of trust and hope on behalf of our people. It would all however have been in vain unless we will show positive political will in making these constructs come to life. We need to strengthen our common universal frame, and we all also need it to work better with regional and national levels in a consistent matrix of subsidiarity and complementarity.”
Traian Băsescu (born 1951) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address by H.E. Mr. Traian Băsescu, President of Romania at the High Level Plenary of the UN General Assembly" (14 September 2005)
“In the South African society there is an increase of the temptation to resort to violence to deal with any problem. There are still many people living in poverty, who are losing hope for a better future. Especially among the young unemployed despair prevails. I think we should solve problems by involving all: government, mining companies, trade unions and churches.”
Kevin Patrick Dowling (born 1944) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Maybe tomorrow the agreement for the Marikana mine " says to Fides the Bishop of Rustenburg (28 August 2012) Fides News Agency
“I am a person who applies the United Nations to community life and daily living. It is not enough to hope that the United Nations succeeds. To make it work, people must do something about it.”
Pearl Farmer Richardson (1891–1980) first seen 1954 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pearl Farmer Richardson, quoted in "Speaker Says U. N. Goals Offer Guide to Community Life" The Wichita Eagle (February 3, 1954): 3.
“When we open up about our emotional challenges, admitting we are not perfect, we give others permission to share their struggles. Together we realize there is hope and we do not have to suffer alone.”
Reyna I. Aburto (born 1963) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Thru Cloud and Sunshine, Lord, Abide with Me!", address given at the 189th semi-annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 5, 2019
“Don't sit and wait. Don't sit and dream. Put on a smile, go find a scene. I'm sure you'd meet someone who would really love you. Don't sit and hope. Don't sit and pine. If you've been hurt make up your mind. I'm sure you'd find someone who would really love you.”
Sixto Rodriguez (1942–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have this sort of heuristic view that journalism, we possibly offer hope because the world is clearly run by total nincompoops more than ever … Not that journalism is always wonderful, it's not, but at least we offer some way out, some integrity.”
Seymour Hersh (born 1937) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What you’ll find here is, I hope, a reflection of that freedom. The story you will read today is the truth as I worked for three months to find, with no pressure from a publisher, editors or peers to make it hew to certain lines of thought—or pare it back to assuage their fears. Substack simply means reporting is back . . . unfiltered and unprogrammed—just the way I like it.”
Seymour Hersh (born 1937) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My great hope and desire is that I can continue to serve as a diocesan priest, because a diocesan priest is in the community and with the people. The Diocese of Greensburg is a hidden gem — I always believed that, and I want to give back to the region.”
Larry James Kulick (born 1966) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Growing up in Leechburg shaped monsignor's faith, devotion to church (9 October 2020)
“We must be optimistic about the future of my country. History shows that even divisions inside a nation can be healed. I have great hope for the future of my country because I see that the people want to build peace. They want a united country. Although our politicians follow their personal interests, our people are determined to restore national peace and unity and re-launch the economy.”
Bernard Agré (1926–2014) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Africa is not adrift”: message of conference on development in Africa organised by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (21 May 2004) Fides News Agency
“The Labour Party is not a southern people’s agenda, it is an expression of hope for people that felt that they have been left out, we have campaigned across the local government and indeed the teeming masses in all the local government have felt that they have been left out.”
Jonathan Asake wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am Laguna, woman of the lake, daughter of the dawn, sunrise, kurena. I can see the light making the world anew. It is the nature of my blood and heritage to do this. There is surely cause to weep, to grieve; but greater than ugliness, the endurance of tribal beauty is our reason to sing, to greet the coming day and the restored life and hope it brings.”
Paula Gunn Allen (1939–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are many young scientists, young women, people of color or who grew up like me, who don't yet have a clear path. I hope to inspire them that there's room for them in science, that they can help people and be recognized for the work that they do.”
Catherine Nakalembe first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An Innovator in International Food Security", NASA.com (February 14, 2020)
“I hope you must be enjoying to receive a letter from me. I may tell you that I enjoy to receive your letter ten times more. In prison life, a letter from dear ones is a great luxury.”
Hyder Bux Jatoi (1901–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope we have laid the foundation of an institution which shall combine practical with liberal education, which shall fit the youth of our country for the professions, the farms, the mines, the manufactories, for the investigations of science, and for mastering all the practical questions of life with success and honor.”
Ezra Cornell (1807–1874) first seen 1868 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address on the morning of 7 October 1868, as quoted by Carl L. Becker, John Wendell Anderson Professor of History at Cornell University from 1917 to 1941, in Cornell University: Founders and the Founding (1943), Ithaca:…