Hope Quotes

"The hope for change rests not in the masses but in the individual's capacity for independent thought."

"Hope is a virtue, not a fact; we must choose to maintain it despite the evidence."

"Hope sustains us through adversity."

"Hope is not the belief that things will work out, but the belief that things matter."

"Hope lies only in the power to say no—to refuse the false choices offered to us."

"In a world of total calculation, the incalculable becomes the only hope."

"Hope in late capitalism is a luxury that only those with privilege can afford."

"The capacity for hope is the greatest gift a human being can possess."

"The human condition is characterized by natality, the ability to begin anew."

"Forgiveness can never be predicted; it is always a surprise."

"Hope is not optimism; it is the refusal to surrender to despair."

"Hope is the expectation of future good."

"We owe it to future generations to preserve just institutions."

"Hope is the light that guides human striving"

"Hope is the anchor of the soul."

"In the race of human life, hope is a sounder racer than despair."

"The two sovereign remedies for all discontents are hope and sleep."

"The imagination is naturally more pleased by the prospect of future advantage than by the actual enjoyment of present"

"In the end things will mend, for better or worse."

"Man is anxious about the future; but nature seems to have given him the ability to hope."

"Hope is the conviction that meaning can be wrested from chaos."

"Hope is the rational expectation that history moves toward freedom."

"Fear cannot exist where there is hope."

"Hope and fear are inseparable."

"Hope is the pillar upon which the oppressed rest their weary heads."

"The candle that is lit in us shines out so as to direct our steps in this dark world."

"Wandering in a vast forest at night, I would follow a distant light to guide me out, and afterward take that light to guide my path."

"Hope is not certainty, but it is what gives life meaning."

"La esperanza es la compañera de los que luchan por un mundo mejor."

"Let my example show that no chains can bind the human spirit."