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“To hope, Hope in what, Hope, just hope, one reaches a point where there is nothing but hope, and that is when we discover that hope is everything.”
José Saramago (1922–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From a distance there is harmony And it echoes through the land And it's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves It's the heart of every man (Every man). It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves This is the song of every man.”
Julie Gold (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It cannot be hard for you to understand how the war has destroyed in our glowing souls beliefs we thought eternal and how it has injured whatever hopes we had, the greatest and most splendid hopes. Tell me: if we despair of progress, we who have dedicated to it all our thoughts and spiritual energy, what can we hope for? And where can we search for a base on which to build the palaces of hope?”
May Ziadeh (1886–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just what makes that little old ant Think he’ll move that rubber tree plant? Anyone knows an ant, can’t Move a rubber tree plant. But he’s got high hopes, he’s got high hopes He’s got high apple pie, in the sky hopes.”
Sammy Cahn (1913–1993) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: High Hopes (1959)
“I hope I will not be silenced, I hope for the best, I hope that our government will be able to see that all we want is to be able to peacefully, and I insist on that, be able to have an open dialogue. I am hopeful that things will change.”
Diane Rwigara (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are a hopeful species. Stupid, but hopeful.”
Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ugandans should be hopeful. Life is about being hopeful. That skepticism and noise is not good”
Lydia Wanyoto (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The way you talk lacks hope.” “‘Hope,’” she said, spreading her papers out on the table. “Have I ever told you how much I dislike that word? Think of what it means, what it implies. You have hope when you’re outnumbered. You have hope when you lack options. Hope is always irrational, Uncle.”
Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) first seen 1090 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chapter 101, “Undertext” (p. 1090)
“Love's arms were wreathed about the neck of Hope, And Hope kiss'd Love, and Love drew in her breath In that close kiss and drank her whisper'd tales. They said that Love would die when Hope was gone. And Love mourn'd long, and sorrow'd after Hope; At last she sought out Memory, and they trod The same old paths where Love had walked with Hope, And Memory fed the soul of Love with tears.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) first seen 1879 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Lover's Tale (1879), line 815
“My greatest motivation and my greatest desire is to testify that there is hope. There is hope in the Savior. There is hope in His promises. There is hope in His Atonement and His ability to guide us and to give us healing and peace and hope in this life.”
Reyna I. Aburto (born 1963) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sister Aburto on Mental, Emotional Health and the Power of Turning to the Savior for Comfort, Church News (podcast), interviewed by Sarah Jane Weaver, June 29, 2021
“Give hope (the magic ingredient for success) — you will have hope and be made hopeful.”
W. Clement Stone (1902–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our house is on fire. I am here to say, our house is on fire. [...] Adults keep saying: “We owe it to the young people to give them hope.” But I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act. I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is.”
Greta Thunberg (born 2003) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Greta Thunberg, 16, urges leaders to act on climate, The Guardian (25 January 2019)
“I'm an incredibly optimistic person. Yes, I'm very hopeful. I believe that hope has to be coupled with opportunity. We can't just rest on hope. We can't just say, 'This is getting better. Things are getting better.'”
Odette Harris (born 1950) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Neurosurgeon Odette Harris: A unique and rare physician", stanford.edu (June 20, 2018)
“We have been living in this situation for too long, but we must be hopeful because we know that God does not abandon us. My prayers and hopes and of all the People of God have only one goal: that soon an agreement can be reached and that peace can be given a chance.”
Michael Miabesue Bibi (born 1971) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop of Buea: "The people live in fear, the Church inspires hope" (28 June 2022) Fides News Agency
“When it all comes down I hope it doesn't land on you When the truth is found I hope it will be true to you. All I'm sayin' is have a nice day I hope it doesn't rain on your parade An' when it all comes down I hope it doesn't land on you.”
Hoyt Axton (1938–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To be a Radical Feminist now is to do quantum leaping. That means to act with fantastic courage because you see real hope now, not lovely little lah-didah hope (a very contained hope), but really great Hope for participation in Quintessence, which is the harmony of the universe.”
Mary Daly (1928–2010) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Interview Mary Daly, Philosophy Now, Issue 33, (September/October 2001)
“For me this is a season of hope -- new hope for a justice and fair prosperity for the many, and not just for the few — new hope. And this is the cause of my life — new hope that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every American — north, south, east, west, young, old — will have decent, quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege.”
Ted Kennedy (1932–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Young people are very cynical now, you know? Very cynical! They've been taught cynicism, they've been — they've been bred cynicism. So, I think it's important to give them hope and realism in the same package, you know? You can be realistic but there should be — there should be hope in it. Because hope's what we're about. If we don't have hope then we don't go on.”
Tom Petty (1950–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In education dwells the seed of hope: hope for peace and justice, hope for beauty and goodness; hope for social harmony.”
Pope Francis (1936–2025) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cited in Pope Francis: Art creates brotherhood and friendship in the Vatican News. (15 December 2021)
“I’ve always said there’s no hope without endeavor. Hope has no meaning unless we are prepared to work to realize our hopes and dreams but in order to that we do need to have friends. We need those who believe in us. Friends are those who believe in us and who want to help us whatever it is that we are trying to achieve.”
Aung San Suu Kyi (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“True hope is based on the energy of character. A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope, because it knows the mutability of human affairs, and how slight a circumstance may change the whole course of events. Such a spirit, too, rests upon itself; it is not confined to partial views or to one particular object. And if at last all should be lost, it has saved itself.”
Karl Ludwig von Knebel (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the world view of , man fears only one power, and is answerable before only one judge. He turns to only one qibla, and directs his hopes and desires to only one source. And the corollary is that all else is false and pointless all the diverse and variegated tendencies, strivings, fears, desires and hopes of man are vain and fruitless.”
Ali Shariati (1933–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 97; partly cited in: John L. Esposito (1996) Islam and Democracy. p. 25.
“Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee, While the world's tide is bearing me along; Other desires and other hopes beset me, Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong!”
Emily Brontë (1818–1848) said by 1848 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now, I have used the words they and their in speaking of these heroes. I could say you and your, because I'm addressing the heroes of whom I speak -- you, the citizens of this blessed land. Your dreams, your hopes, your goals are going to be the dreams, the hopes, and the goals of this administration, so help me God.”
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, Our faith triumphant o'er our fears, Are all with thee,—are all with thee!”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Henry W. Longfellow
“Hang on to your hopes, my friend. That's an easy thing to say, But if your hopes should pass away Simply pretend that you can build them again.”
Paul Simon (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died.”
Thomas Hood (1799–1845) said by 1845 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Death-Bed; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“By many a dream of God and man my thoughts in shining flocks were led: But as I went through Patrick Street the hopes and prophecies were dead. The hopes and prophecies were dead: they could not blossom where the feet Walked amid rottenness, or where the brawling shouters stamped the street.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But what a feeling can come over a man just from seeing the things he believes in and hopes for symbolized in the concrete form of a man. In something that gives a focus to all the other things he knows to be real. Something that makes unseen things manifest and allows him to come to his hopes and dreams through his outer eye and through the touch and feel of his natural hand.”
Ralph Ellison (1914–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We should not replace pity with fear in our relationship with the working class. It is a source of shame that Labour did not and does not represent the hopes and fears of the working class, by becoming a party that disapproves of their fears and is nervous of their hopes.”
Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The future is mysterious,” he says. “Now we’re seeing an entire generation lost to war. My hopes for the future are not personal; they’re for my people. My hopes are for peace, and only for peace. I’m married to a Syrian woman and our son carries two nations in his heart.”
Hani Abbas wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hope is impossible unless we experience empathy and identification. We cannot feel hopeful that things will be OK unless someone understands what we are going through and gets it.”
John Townsend (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.”
George W. Bush (born 1946) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with the Associated Press (18 January 2001)
“If youth is the season of hope, it is often so only in the sense that our elders are hopeful about us; for no age is so apt as youth to think its emotions, partings, and resolves are the last of their kind. Each crisis seems final, simply because it is new.”
George Eliot (1819–1880) said by 1880 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.”
Jack Layton (1950–2011) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A letter to Canadians from the Honourable Jack Layton." 20 August 2011.
“Our elders are always optimistic in their views of the present, pessimistic in their views of the future; youth is pessimistic toward the present and gloriously hopeful for the future. And it is this hope which is the lever of progress—one might say, the only lever of progress.”
Randolph Bourne (1886–1918) said by 1918 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Page 438. Quote republished in "Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty," Left and Right: A Journal of Libertarian Thought 1, no. 1 (Spring, 1965), p. 22.
“I often talk to people who say, ‘No, we have to be hopeful and to inspire each other, and we can’t tell [people] too many negative things’ . . . But, no — we have to tell it like it is. Because if there are no positive things to tell, then what should we do, should we spread false hope? We can’t do that, we have to tell the truth.”
Greta Thunberg (born 2003) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Greta Thunberg: ‘All my life I’ve been the invisible girl,' Leslie Hook (22 February 2019)
“…I act like a hopeful person, but I think that hope is based on having zero expectations. I’ve never expected anything out of life, so I’ve never been disappointed…”
Jia Tolentino (born 1988) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On whether she considers herself hopeful in “Jia Tolentino: What It’s Like Being the Most Talked About Millennial Writer” in AnOther (2019 Sep 15)
“I didn’t want to infuse positivism forcefully, but I wanted it to spread naturally. Hope is the only weapon we have most of the time, isn’t it? If we don’t dream and be hopeful, how would we survive! (about the overall subtle positivity in Village Rockstars)”
Rima Das (born 1977) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: SilverScreenIndia Article - Making A Zero Budget Movie: The Tale Of Assamese Filmmaker Rima Das’s ‘Village Rockstars’ - 20 November 2017 - Archive
“When they are sounding hopeful, it is about getting a visa of one type or the other or getting a university admission outside. Most often their eyes and hope are external and not in Ghana which I think is extremely sad.”
Sophia Akuffo (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For how long are we going to be in this situation or circumstance where you don’t really see much hope in the eyes of young people? When you get talking to them they don’t sound too hopeful.”
Sophia Akuffo (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's not like I've given up hope; I'm hopeful. Maybe one day, the country will be better. Let's all believe in that pipe dream. It's done, it's over.”
Basketmouth (born 1978) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: They say 'E go better,' it's getting worse - Basketmouth on Nigeria's economy. 3 October 2024, Pulse News
“Our basic job is to protect the hope of others,” she says. “We have to be hopeful they will get better or they won’t be.”
Altha Stewart wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Daniel broke the king's decree, Peter stepped from the ship to the sea, There was hope for Job like a cut down tree, I hope that there's such hope for me.”
Aaron Weiss wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That's the kind of hope that every single one of us — politicians, parents, preachers — all of us need to be providing for our young people. Because that is what moves this country forward every single day — our hope for the future and the hard work that hope inspires.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But when you think: Tim McGraw, I hope you think my favorite song. The one we danced to all night long: The moon like a spotlight on the lake. When you think happiness, I hope you think: "That little black dress." Think of my head on your chest, An' my old faded blue jeans. When you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me.”
Taylor Swift (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“History says don't hope On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime The longed for tidal wave Of justice can rise up And hope and history rhyme. So hope for a great sea-change on the far side of revenge. Believe that a further shore is reachable from here. Believe in miracles and cures and healing wells.”
Seamus Heaney (1939–2013) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Doubletake", from The Cure at Troy (1990)
“You can't get rid of evil. We can't, and I feel that so intensely. All the idiots that keep coming into the world and wrecking people's lives. And it is such an abundance of idiocy that you lose courage, okay? That you lose hope — I don't want to lose hope. I get through every day — I'm pretty good — I work. I sleep. I sing. I walk. But, I'm losing hope.”
Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hope knows no fear. Hope dares to blossom even inside the abysmal abyss. Hope secretly feeds and strengthens promise.”
Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All the absurdity and hope are the stimulants to create. You make art to find a little hole to go on. You go through the whole to find the world again, and the absurdity is that still, somehow it is the same.. .Hopelessness and hope are the same. It's a very thin line you don't see any more. I don't believe in that line between hopelessness and hope today.”
Karel Appel (1921–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source