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These 50 Quotes Will Heal You When Your World Feels Hopeless

Hoping is how the impossible can be possible after all.
Holly Riordan
January 24, 2017
“I can do this… I can start over. I can save my own life and I’m never going to be alone as long as I have stars to wish on and people to still love.”
— Jennifer Elisabeth, Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl
Tagged: Hope, Alone, Friends
“I choose to drown. In hope. Rather than float into nothing.”
— Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock(Lumatere Chronicles)
Tagged: Hope, Nothingness, Drowning
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
— Anne Frank, Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex
Tagged: Hope, Change, Improvement, Inspirational
“As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?”
— Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes(The Mortal Instruments)
Tagged: Hope, Coffee, Optimism
“I am hope.”
— Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
Tagged: Hope, Identity
“It does not count if you believe in yourself when it’s easy to believe in yourself. It does not count if you believe the world can be a better place when the future looks bright. It does not count if you think you’re going to make it when the finish line is right in front of you. It counts when it’s hard to believe in yourself, when it looks like the world’s going to end and you’ve still got a long way to go. That’s when it counts. That’s when it matters the most.”
— pleasefindthis, I Wrote This For You
Tagged: Hope, believing, Future
“We are alive. We are human, with good and bad in us. That's all we know for sure. We can't create a new species or a new world. That's been done. Now we have to live within those boundaries. What are our choices? We can despair and curse, and change nothing. We can choose evil like our enemies have done and create a world based on hate. Or we can try to make things better.”
— Carol Matas, Daniel's Story
Tagged: Hope, Change, Choices
“Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears.”
— Nathanael West, The Day of the Locust
Tagged: Hope, Tears, Crying
“There is hope in forgiveness.”
— John Piper, A Sweet
Tagged: Hope, forgive, forgiveness
“Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.”
— David Almond, My Name
Tagged: Hope, Night, possibilities
“I plead with you -- never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.”
— Pope John Paul II, In My Own Words
Tagged: Hope, Doubt, Fear
“If you lose all hope, you can always find it again.”
— Richard Ford, The Sportswriter: Bascombe Trilogy(1)
Tagged: Hope, Optimism, Future
“Life isn't just about darkness or light, rather it's about finding light within the darkness.”
— Landon Parham, First Night of Summer
Tagged: Hope, Darkness, Light
“Hope is sweet. Hope is illumining. Hope is fulfilling. Hope can be everlasting. Therefore, do not give up hope, even in the sunset of your life.”
— Sri Chinmoy, My Life's Soul-Journey: Daily Meditations for Ever-Increasing Spiritual Fulfillment
Tagged: Hope, Fulfilling, Optimism
“An optimist is neither naive, nor blind to the facts, nor in denial of grim reality. An optimist believes in the optimal usage of all options available, no matter how limited. As such, an optimist always sees the big picture. How else to keep track of all that’s out there? An optimist is simply a proactive realist.”
— Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
Tagged: Hope, Optimism, realist
“Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.”
— Chris Bradford, The Ring of Earth(Young Samurai, Book 4)
Tagged: Hope, preparation, Expectations
“If you hit bottom, there's a whole lot of people here to help you up.”
— Suzanne Collins, Gregor the Underland Chronicles(5 Volume Set)
Tagged: Hope, help, Rock Bottom
“Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either. There's both sweet and sour in every day. So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful? Concentrate on the good.”
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
Tagged: Hope, Optimism, beauty
“Hope is what makes you look outside the window to see if it's stopped raining. Hope is what makes you believe he'll text you back. Hope is why you buy your jeans a little tight... Hope is why you get out of bed in the morning, and why you dream at night. Hope is what makes us believe that things can only get better. Hope is what keeps us going.”
— Jodi Picoult, Off The Page
Tagged: Hope, Optimism, Living
“All things, even the deepest sorrow or the most profound happiness are all temporary. Hope is fuel for the soul, without hope, forward motion ceases.”
— Landon Parham, First Night of Summer
Tagged: Hope, Sorrow, Happiness, Temporary