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“Live in hope. And in hope, we are guided to put ourselves on the path which leads us to the goal of following in the footsteps of the Lord and his mother Mary, who is our mother.”
Antonio Ceballos Atienza (1935–2022) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Assumption of Mary anticipates our glorification, bishop affirms (13 August 2010) Catholic News Agency
“With the light of the Gospel and the teaching of the Church we hope to liberate our people from a burden which they have carried for so long. We hope to accompany our people with some rituals as they go through life as witnessing Christians. Perhaps we shall be able to explain the Paschal Mystery: life offered as a gift, but then suffering and death and attainment of everlasting life.”
Felix Eugenio Mkhori (1931–2012) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Felix Eugenio MKHORI (Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi) (1994) The African Synod
“Life has no meaning without hope, but hope still exists if it is in reassurance.”
Yahya Sinwar (1962–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm not personally a fan of the idea of SUSY and I never have been. But it's possible and we should continue to look for it. For one thing, if supersymmetry is false, then superstring theory is false. I don't believe in superstring theory either, but I like it. I kind of hope it's right. But hope isn't good enough in science.”
Don Lincoln (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a priest I have tried to contribute to the formation of lay men and women and to animating their active role in the Church's mission of Evangelization. As a Bishop, I hope to continue doing so. In my ministry I hope to make visible and real the Church's preferential option for the poor.”
Arthur Joseph Colgan (born 1946) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Arthur J. Colgan, C.S.C., Ordained Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Chosica in Perú (15 December 2015) Congregation Holy Cross
“I am so impressed with having a young white person who shares the same hope for South Africa as I yearn for, and the same hope that my father lived and died for”
Albertina Luthuli wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Covid-19 has also created a very big problem for the parents and at times, they are losing hope but I am encouraging them that they should not lose hope and we believe with time we shall clean up our streets.”
Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi (1974–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hope helps one to endure, to wait. These are people who want to do something, who want to work, but they need hope.”
Anton Coșa (born 1961) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Asks Help to End Prostitution Networks (13 February 2001) Zenit
“President Xi recently said, We hope that America would be prosperous, and hope that the U.S. would wish China to be more prosperous as well. I think that does send a message, but I do think that the two countries are recalibrating the relationship, learning from what has happened. I don't... think there's a set, specific idea of how it's going to look...”
Keyu Jin (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’d really like to expand the amount of adult classes we teach here, and hope to do so if there is interest. Aside from that, I’m excited to work with glass this summer in my outside studio. I hope to go on more nature walks, and sketch more in general.”
Elizabeth Rankin (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People are gonna say the target is on our back, but I hope it's right on our forehead in between our eyes. I hope I can see the red dot.”
Joe Mazzulla (born 1988) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: While on the Locked on Celtics podcast, speaking about the Celtics entering the season as defending champions (September 2024)
“I think that people who don’t remember when it was any other way may not understand how extraordinary this is. It’s my fond hope that we won’t be going back to the way it use to be (laughing). Or else people would get a rude reminder of an era that I hope is gone for good.”
Roberta Achtenberg (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope people will be reminded one way or another of who they are, and who black people were before colonialism. It’s pre-everything! It is pre-colonialism, pre-borders, and it is before the division of the countries in the continent. It was free rein. People could travel from any part of the continent to another. I hope that we get that vision of ourselves while watching the series”
Zikhona Sodlaka (born 1985) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This is the year of Zikhona Sodlaka, a fan favourite in The Wife and Blood Psalms,10 October 2022,By Xabiso Ngqabe
“Wifehood, the house, a family; they are woman’s traditional concern and each in its way represents one of the other great three—faith, hope, charity—which St. Paul sets down as the virtues of earth. (For how can one rear a family without faith? Or build a roof without hope? Or remain a proper wife without charity?) They are life’s vital elements and no ordered world can endure without them.”
Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Last Word", Sixpence in Her Shoe (1964), p. 255
“could still be around. And I am. And for a lifetime, I've been driven to try to respond. I find that the question I'm most frequently asked today is whether I have hope; whether I have hope that our planet can survive. And my answer is: wrong question. It's simply a matter of a job to be done. And I would rather fight than watch, as would you.”
Dorothy Bradley (born 1947) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dorothy Bradley: Saving Wildlife Is Conservation Worth Fighting For Retrieved 20 April 2025
“Hope of course is nothing more than desire with a telescope, magnifying distant matters, overlooking near ones; opening one eye on the objects, closing the other to all objections. And if hope be the future tense of desire, the future of fear is religion—at least with too many of us.”
R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If there is no hope then there is no reason to be alive. I have hope and I will never give up on Nigeria.”
Norbert Young first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: INTERVIEW: Women earn more in Nollywood because of their bargaining power, says Norbert Young 17 March 2024, THE CABLE (Nigeria)
“We are here to build the common good, to build an inclusive society and bring the joy of life in Christ, everywhere, to every man and woman. As believers in the Resurrection, as men and women of hope, we are bearers of a positive vision, of hope, joy and happiness.”
Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzález (born 1959) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Apostolic Prefect Figaredo: "The poor and the little ones evangelize us" (22 October 2020) Fides News Agency
“I hope in my speaking and being a part of the pancreatic cancer network that I’m giving hope and awareness to those who feel that they don’t have that.”
Nayana Ferguson wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thus heavenly Hope is all serene, But earthly Hope, how bright soe’er, Still fluctuates o’er this changing scene, As false and fleeting as ’tis fair.”
Chauncy Hare Townshend (1798–1868) first seen 1821 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Hope", in Amelia Shipley Heber, The Life of Reginald Heber (New York, 1830) vol. 1, p. 489. However, the same lines appear in Chauncy Hare Townshend's Poems (London, 1821) p. 159
Also quoted by: Reginald Heber (disputed)
“I’m a merchant of hope, that’s what I sell. I sell hope; that’s why you see people coming. There is a difference between charity, where you dehumanize the receiver. Everybody that came here has the choice of what they wanted.”
Yolanda George-David wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yet, despite this bleak picture, I have a hope in me that is rising like a phoenix. Mr Speaker, we in the new Botswana have the hope that collectively we will turn the tide.”
Ndaba Gaolathe (born 1971) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Botswana is regressing on many fronts – Gaolathe 11 February 2025
“We kept hope alive and hope kept us alive.”
Ndaba Gaolathe (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They said the new Botswana could not be possible; they said Motswaledi’s death was the end and that the dream had ended. But we kept hope alive and hope kept us alive.”
Ndaba Gaolathe (born 1971) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: BMD bloodbath still haunts AP 25 July 2025
“The injury almost made me lose hope of ever going to play and walk nicely on both legs but the unmatched love and care in New Zealand gave me some hope”
Hazel Nali (born 1998) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I always feel so emotional when I see youngsters knocking the ball around with confidence. I see myself in them and it excites me to train them. I hope that they keep their heads down and learn more about the game. I hope they eventually exceed my achievements because they are very talented and I am working hard to help them achieve their potential.”
Andisiwe Mgcoyi (born 1988) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Andisiwe Mgcoyi Reflects on Her Coaching Journey Thus Far Sundowns FC (12 July 2022)
“Yes I hope so – I want to continue to write fiction, I really have the fiction writing bug, but I hope I haven’t lost the knack for writing poetry. I’m going to keep plugging away at it every now and then, because I do love it. It’s a very difficult art form, and I admire the people who have done very well at it.”
Rosetta Allan wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And when the time comes that we may need to go separate ways, I hope you will always choose to be led by the Holy Spirit and I hope that you won't forget us.”
Kristine Hermosa (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thank you all so much for your support. I hope I can return to the Philippines. I hope we can meet again. Just thank you all so much for your support. It’s really meant the world to me,”
Jasmine Trias (born 1986) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'It’s been a whirlwind': Jasmine Trias reflects on life after 'American Idol', ABS-CBN News 24 June 2020.
“Only with God and in God can man hope to fulfil himself. The study and knowledge of God are the burning embers that (together with worship and prayer) fuel the flame of our hope.”
Battista Mondin (1926–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are those who are touched by faith and those who merely cultivate the virtue of hope [...], the God in whom, despite everything, I continue to hope, is an entity above the parties, above the factions.”
Fabrizio De André (1940–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He has been a powerful leader of the farmer's Union in Tohoku district. He is one of pioneer christian socialist worker in northern Japan. Most northern farmer still hope him back to the democratic front. I hope so too.”
Inejirō Asanuma (1898–1960) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter from Inejirō Asanuma about Yōnosuke Kikuchi, 25 April 1948
“I hope I inspire young girls and women. I hope that is what they continue to see up until my last breath.”
Hanifa Adan (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They might not remember my name but I hope that they remember what I was trying to put out into the world and I hope the energy is apparent in anything that I do creatively”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: always possible conversationsivoox(June,2023)
“In engaging with the work, I hope to connect, to see what of my personal is actually public. Images allow us to meet at a collective memory. I wish people can relate while having their own interpretation. Just like music. Music brings us closer to our own experiences… In a way I hope the work reads like songs.”
Thato Toeba (born 1990) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Queer Artist Thato Toeba Wins 2025 FNB Art Prize-MAMBA ONLINE.COM (19 August 2025)
“I hope the faithful will continue to believe, to hope and to serve and to let themselves be guided by faith in God and a relationship with God, to put out into the deep with courage to work for evangelisation.”
Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (1932–2022) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Archbishop Joseph Cheng of Tai Pei, indicates key to reading Pope Benedict XVI's Letter (17 July 2007) Fides News Agency
“I hope he stays, I hope he stays,” the Bafana fullback said when asked about the coach’s future.”
Aubrey Modiba (born 1995) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope that my work provokes people to consider their humanity more. I hope it can provide some form of healing for my immediate communities in Southern Africa”
Thero Makepe (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sport has the power to create hope among other nationalities and it also unites people, Now we have 29 in the refugee team for Tokyo and we thank the president of IOC for allowing us the chance to participate. The 29 of us will give a message of hope to refugees.”
Rose Lokonyen (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An important factor that motivates me is my country, My successes have brought a great deal of recognition and admiration to my country. My countrymen and women with such pride and enthusiasm greet me that every time I go home it humbles me. You see, my accomplishments have given them hope - and, with hope, anything can be accomplished.”
Maria Mutola (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As with any endeavour of this nature, it is our hope to provide the basic necessities to afford the individual athletes the ability to develop their talents and carry themselves to their full potential. I hope that in the future these young athletes will be the next shining stars representing Mozambican athletics with pride and honour.”
Maria Mutola (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even practices it without any hope of doing it well.”
G. K. Chesterton (attributed) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Alan L. Mackay, The Harvest of a Quiet Eye: A Selection of Scientific Quotations (1977), p. 34
Also quoted by: Oliver Herford (misattributed)
“I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.”
Donald Trump (disputed) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported as being the words of President Trump recorded in a memo that James Comey, FBI Director at the time, wrote shortly after a meeting held in the Oval Office on 14 February 2017, referring to the federal investiga…
“The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things.”
Sophie Swetchine (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We never shed so many tears as at the age of hope; but when we have lost hope, we look on everything with dry eyes, and tranquillity springs from incapacity.”
Antoine de Rivarol (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse; all good to me is lost. Evil, be thou my good.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“It is to hope, though hope were lost.”
Mrs. Barbauld (1743–1825) said by 1825 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thus heavenly hope is all serene, But earthly hope, how bright soe'er, Still fluctuates o'er this changing scene, As false and fleeting as 't is fair.”
Reginald Heber (1783–1826) said by 1826 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Some novel power Sprang up forever at a touch, And hope could never hope too much In watching thee from hour to hour.”
Alfred Tennyson (active around 1809) bartlett, Public domain source
“Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.”
Plautus (250–184 BC) said by 184 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source