Hope Quotes

Whether you’re questioning what hope really is, have lost hope and seek a way back, or just want to be uplifted by hopeful words, we’ve got the perfect hope quote for you. Here’s best hope quotes to inspire you and help you keep pushing when it’s hard. After all, we all need a few words of encouragement, right? Enjoy!

50 Ray of Hope Quotes

• “Do not forget to hope and happy be.” — John McLeod
• “Hope is the last thing ever lost.” — Italian Proverb
• A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself. — Oprah Winfrey
• If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. — Henry David Thoreau
• Hope means hoping even when things seem hopeless. — Richard Daly, God’s Little Book of Hope
• Everything that is done in this world is done by hope. — Martin Luther
• Hope forever tells us that tomorrow will be better. —  Richard Daly, God’s Little Book of Hope
• “Christmas is the time of year that restores the hope of peace in the world.” — Catherine Pulsifer
• “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.” — Proverbs 13:12 (NLT)
• “Never give up. Have hope. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it.” — Catherine Pulsifer
• Every day I turn to the Bible to give me strength and wisdom for the day and hope for the future. — Billy Graham
• “Hope is outreaching desire with expectancy of good. It is a characteristic of all living beings.” — Edward S. Ame
• “When life’s broken places lead us to Jesus, ultimately we will find hope.” — Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today
• I was never crippled until I lost hope. Believe me, the loss of hope is far worse than the loss of limbs. — Nick Vujicic
• “There’s incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.” — Dave Matthews
• “Hope is a good thing, may be the best of the things. And no good thing ever dies.” — Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption
• There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for. — J.R.R. Tolkien
• “Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.” — Jesse Jackson
• “Even your past pain can be a blessing to someone. Hopelifters are willing to reach back and pass hope on.” — Kathe Wunnenberg, Hopelifter
• “I hope you find grace in this world, that you recognize your worth, and that you can shine.” — Tsang Lindsay, Live Free: Re-Write Your Story
• Hope never abandons you, you abandon it. — George Weinberg
• “Take wishing and hoping right out of your vocabulary, commit to yourself and your dreams, and take action.” — Honoree Corder, Vision to Reality
• “Realistic thinking is where real hope is found; helping us hit the right balance between realism and aspirations.” — M. P. Neary, Free Your Mind
• In fact, hope is best gained after defeat and failure, because then inner strength and toughness is produced. — Fritz Knapp, Vince Lombardi: Toughness
• “Even one’s yesterdays could not continue to stir and move in a man’s mind unless there were a future for those yesterdays to make.” — Mary Ellen Chase
• “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” —  Romans 15:13 (NLT)
• Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower. — Shigenori Kameoka
• “You cannot change anyone but yourself. Always hope for the best, but keep living your life no matter what.” — Kate Anderson, 100 Positive Morning Thoughts
• . . . encouragement is the fuel of hope. It’s true that people become what you encourage them to be, not what you nag them to be. — Zig Ziglar, Over the Top
• “When our men lose their hope of a future and purpose, you’ll surely watch them die a slow death in front of you.” — Nan Jones, The Perils of a Pastor’s Wife
• “Faith and hope work hand in hand, however while hope focuses on the future, faith focuses on the now.” — David Odunaiya, How To Make Faith Work In Your Life
• The gospel infuses hope and joy into our current circumstances by acknowledging God’s greatness over any crisis we’ll face. — Randy Alcorn, God’s Promise of Happiness
• “If we expect change we must act on our hope every day until we have accomplished what we wanted.” — Christopher Goodman, The Best Life Lessons, Inspirations And Quotes
• No matter where we are in our walk of life, the resurrection is still to come. This should give us hope for tomorrow. — Ralene Berry, As I Encourage You, I Encourage Myself
• There is always hope for a new day, hope that the darkness won’t always seem impenetrable. There is always hope because our Redeemer lives. — Marcia Laycock, Celebrate This Day
• “No matter the number of times you fail you must be determined to succeed. You must not lose hope. Don’t stop in your storm. Don’t give up so easily.” — Tony Narams, Top Secret
• You want to see your best reflected in your loved one’s eyes—the admiration, attraction, desire, and respect that you hope your partner has for you. — Dr Jane Greer, What about me?
• Hope, as it pertains to love, is a good thing because by hoping for certain things such as an extended future with the one you love is made possible. — John Franks, Manifesting Love
• “Hope is rare in this world, and hope of lives changed by the power of Christ is not vain hope. The One who has called us is faithful and He will do it.” — David Packer, Encouragement
• “I hope if you have doubts about yourself, you’ll be able to re-evaluate your old beliefs and rediscover the amazing person you’ve always been.” — Sandra V. Abell, Feeling Good About You
• “It’s always something, to know you’ve done the most you could. But, don’t leave off hoping, or it’s of no use doing anything. Hope, hope to the last! — Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby
• “A positive statement propels hope toward a better future, it builds up your faith and that of others, and it promotes change.” — Jan Dargatz, 52 Simple Ways To Give Your Spiritual Life A Lift
• The world needs less heat and more light. It needs less of the heat of anger, revenge, retaliation, and more of the light of ideas, faith, courage, aspiration, joy, love and hope. — Wilfred Peterson
• “We can’t ever be sure what our kids will remember (or what we hope they’ll forget), but I kind of think the everyday moments will be the most valued in the end.” — Sarah Williams, Cupcakes On A Tuesday
• We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is ‘good,’ because it is good, if ‘bad’ because it works in us patience, humility, and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country. —  C. S. Lewis
• “Look to heaven and say, ‘Lord, please see me through this one!’ That helps take the focus off me. I have sat and wasted many hours wondering, ‘Why me?’ It doesn’t help to sit and mope. Look for hope.” — David DeNotaris
• “. . . we need to encourage and inspire others in our ‘network’ of fellow believers, trying to point people to the only hope and answer we have in a world of hurt and disappointment: Jesus Christ.” — Matt Brown, Awakening
• Hope is the most exciting thing in life and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn’t come straight away there is still that chance all through your life that it will. — Josh Hartnett
• The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” — Barack Obama
• May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. — Nelson Mandela