20 Quotes about Hope (for when things seem Hopeless)

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There will be times when our problems seem too much for us to handle. Times when all hope seems lost, we’ve suffered more than enough, and it feels like it will be much easier to just give up and just stop everything.

Unfortunately, there are some things we just can’t or shouldn’t give up on, and we need to keep going until the bitter end. Our family has been going through tough times lately because of a certain corporation’s plans, and their project will severely harm our family’s quality of life. We’ve been going through so much stress thanks to them. Still, even though they intend to continue the project that would despite the harm that they’ll cause, we will not give up.

For tough times like these, here are a few quotes I found that can reignite your sense of hope. When you’re going through difficult problems, I hope they’ll inspire you to keep fighting until the very end.

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

— Tom Bodett

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

― Epicurus

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming – well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.

― Amy Tan

The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.

― Marion Zimmer Bradley

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.

— Aristotle Onassis

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

― Henry David Thoreau

We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken.

― John Green

It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.

― J.R.R. Tolkien

Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.

— Anne Frank

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

― Victor Hugo

It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars.

― Richard Evans

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.

— Pablo Neruda

Hope costs nothing.

― Colette

But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins.

― Lauren Oliver

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

— Elbert Hubbard

At what point do you give up – decide enough is enough? There is only one answer really. Never.

― Tabitha Suzuma

Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.

― Norman Vincent Peale

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.

— Richard M. DeVos

When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.

― Theodore Roosevelt

Whenever you’re facing problems in life and all hope seems lost, I hope you find the strength in yourself to hold on and keep going, despite the opposition and despite the results.

I hope you enjoyed this little collection of quotes! Do you have any favorites? Tell us in the comments section below!