Quotes About Hope

Hope does not deny the evil, but is a response to it.

As thy days, so shall thy strength be.

I do have hope. Nature is enormously resilient, humans are vastly intelligent, the energy and enthusiasm that can be kindled among young people seems without limit, and he human spirit is indomitable. But if we want life, we will have to stop depending on someone else to save the world. It is up to us-you and me, all of us. Myself, I have placed my faith in the children.

I like to envision the whole world as a jigsaw puzzle... If you look at the whole picture, it is overwhelming and terrifying, but if you work on your little part of the jigsaw and know that people all over the world are working on their little bits, that's what will give you hope.

Hope is often misunderstood. People tend to think that it is simply passive wishful thinking: I hope something will happen but I'm not going to do anything about it. This is indeed the opposite of real hope, which requires action and engagement

Hope is a survival trait and without it we perish

My role in life is to give people hope, because if you run out of hope, we may as well give up.

THERE IS STILL SO MUCH IN THE WORLD WORTH FIGHTING FOR. SO MUCH THAT IS BEAUTIFUL, SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE WORKING TO REVERSE THE HARM, TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING. AND SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE DEDICATED TO MAKING THIS A BETTER WORLD. ALL CONSPIRING TO INSPIRE US AND TO GIVE US HOPE THAT IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO TURN THINGS AROUND, IF WE ALL DO OUR PART.

when we feel we can make a difference, and we're given the means to do so, positive outcomes can happen that in turn allow hope to prevail.

That's wonderful, but doesn't it feel like a drop in the ocean, given the overwhelming autocracy or tyranny that people are facing around the world?" "But millions of drops actually make the ocean." I smiled. Hope, checkmate.

that with courage and determination the impossible becomes possible.

Hope," Jane said, "is what enables us to keep going in the face of adversity. It is what we desire to happen, but we must be prepared to work hard to make it so.

We don't really know how it will all turn out, do we? And we can't just think that we can do nothing and everything will work out for the best.

China has banned the eating of wild animals, and there is hope that the use of wild animal parts for medicine will also come to an end.

Archbishop Tutu once explained to me that suffering can either embitter us or ennoble us, and it tends to ennoble us if we are able to make meaning out of our suffering and use it for the benefit of others.

When we focus on the future, we do one of three things. We fantasize, which involves big dreams that are mostly for fun and entertainment; we dwell, which involves focusing on all the bad stuff that might happen—this was the official pastime of my hometown—or we hope, which involves envisioning the future while recognizing the inevitability of challenges.

It is important to take action and to realize that we Can make a difference, and this will encourage others to take action and then we realize we are not alone and our cumulative actions truly make an even greater difference. This is how we spread the Light. And this, of course, makes us all even more hopeful.

Hope,' Jane said, 'is what enables us to keep going in the face of adversity. It is what we desire to happen, but we must be prepared to work hard to make it so.

Hope is contagious. Your actions will inspire others. It is my sincere desire that this book will help you find solace in a time of anguish, direction in a time of uncertainty, courage in a time of fear.

And a sense of meaning is so important for hope and happiness, isn't it?" I asked. "It is," Jane replied. "Without meaning, life is empty and day will follow day, month will follow month, and year will follow year in mindless succession." "Those," I reflected, "are the people who have lost hope.

When we face adversity, it is hope that gives us the confidence to rally our indomitable spirit to overcome it.

Hope, on the other hand, is a stubborn determination to do all you can to make it work.

She said there's always beauty, even when there's pain and suffering. She learned not to hide from the darkness, just not to get lost in it.

Hope is a survival instinct