Hope Quotes

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."

"Do not despise the day of small beginnings."

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won."

"What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart."

"We have always held to the hope, the belief, that there is a better life, a better world."

"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope."

"I am convinced that we still have time to avert catastrophe if we make the right choices now."

"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality."

"Hope is not optimism; it is the decision to act despite uncertainty."

"In times of darkness, literature is a beacon."

"Hope is the cruelest emotion."

"Hope is the last thing we abandon"

"Hope is the breath of the human spirit"

"May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears."

"I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward."

"There is no greater weapon than hope and the belief in a brighter future."

"For centuries, my people lay in bondage in their own land. We are now at last emerging into the light."

"The struggles of the youth of today will build the world of tomorrow."

"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

"The day may not be far away when the whole world recognizes South Africa as a country free from the horrors of racism."

"Despair is simply delayed hope."

"A story well-told is a resurrection."

"The author writes to be forgiven by readers not yet born."

"A man can endure almost anything if he has hope."

"Hope is the last thing to abandon."

"Hope is not blind. It is the most lucid of all human capacities."

"Hope is not optimism; it is the decision to act despite uncertainty."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"A thousand oaks grow from one acorn. This is my message of hope."