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Quotes About Optimism

The hopeless don't revolt, because revolution is an act of hope.
~ Peter Kropotkin
I guess I'm still holding on to something that I know will probably never happen, because somewhere deep down inside me, I have this little piece of hope that someday, it will.
~ Drake
The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found.
~ Ernest Hemingway
Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
~ Tertullian
Hope for the best, get ready for the worst, and then take what God chooses to send.
~ Matthew Henry
We have within ourselves Enough to fill the present day with joy, And overspread the future years with hope.
~ William Wordsworth
The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
~ Aga Khan IV
A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.
~ John Keats
Hope - Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!
~ Barack Obama
Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me...and still is.
~ Hedy Lamarr
Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.
~ Seamus Heaney
Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.
~ Henri Nouwen
Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.
~ Suzanne Collins
Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.
~ Robert G. Ingersoll
Hope is passion for what is possible.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.
~ Voltaire
A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.
~ Thomas Carlyle
But happiness is being able to hope, however faintly, for happiness. So, at least, we must believe if we are to live in the world of today.
~ Osamu Dazai
Hope is the most universal of human possessions.
~ Thales
In valor there is hope.
~ Tacitus
Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.
~ George C. Marshall
Without hope we are lost.
~ Mahmoud Darwish
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
~ Pliny the Elder