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30 Hope Quotes That Will Instantly Lift You Up

Read these hope quotes to get you through a tough time, or just for a little inspiration.

Hope is the one thing that can help us get through the darkest of times.
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Hope quotes that inspire

Hope is the one thing that can help us get through the darkest of times. If you’re going through a difficult time, or need some inspiration to help guide you in your next phase of life, these hope quotes will help to lift you up. You might also find motivation reading through these inspirational quotes, life-changing quotes, or if you also need a laugh, these funny quotes.

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." —Desmond Tutu
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Hope is light

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” Desmond Tutu. Don’t miss these body positive quotes everyone should read.

"The new dawn blooms as we free it. For there is always light if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it." — National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman
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Hope is bravery

“The new dawn blooms as we free it. For there is always light if only we’re brave enough to see it, if only we’re brave enough to be it.” — National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman. Read through these family quotes that are sure to hit close to home.

 "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." —Albert Einstein.
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Hope for tomorrow

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” —Albert Einstein. These uplifting quotes will stay with you.

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me ... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be." —Shel Silverstein.
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Hope for children

“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me … Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” —Shel Silverstein. These inspiring Winnie the Pooh quotes will tug at your heartstrings.

"Fear never builds the future, but hope does." —Joe Biden.
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Building the future

“Fear never builds the future, but hope does.” —Joe Biden. Read through these Maya Angelou quotes.

"There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for." —J.R.R. Tolkien
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Fight for the world

“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” —J.R.R. Tolkien. These best friend quotes sum up the value of friendship.

"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
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Hope to the last

“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. If you need hope after a bad breakup, these relationship quotes will help to get you through.

"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too." —Paulo Coelho
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Love for better

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” —Paulo Coelho.

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one." —John Lennon
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We’re all dreamers

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.” —John Lennon. These quotes about forgiveness will make you put down your grudges.

"Hope is the last thing ever lost." —Italian proverb
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Hope is never lost

“Hope is the last thing ever lost.” —Italian proverb.

"But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars." —Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Stars of hope

“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. Here are some more iconic MLK quotes to draw inspiration from.

"It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." —Anne Frank
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People are good at heart

“It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” —Anne Frank. Hope quotes aren’t the only ones that inspire you to be better. These success quotes will get you motivated to be your best.

"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." —William Faulkner.
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Have courage

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” —William Faulkner. For more inspirational quotes, check out these St. Patrick’s Day quotes full of Irish wisdom.

“Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it.” —Barack Obama.
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Something better awaits

“Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it.” —Barack Obama.

"In a time of destruction, create something." —Maxine Hong Kingston.
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Create something new

“In a time of destruction, create something.” —Maxine Hong Kingston. These are the best one-liners from movies that you’ll want to say over and over again.

"The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof." —Barbara Kingsolver.
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Live in your hope

“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.” —Barbara Kingsolver.

"Hope is outreaching desire with expectancy of good. It is a characteristic of all living beings." —Edward S. Ame.
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All beings have hope

“Hope is outreaching desire with expectancy of good. It is a characteristic of all living beings.” —Edward S. Ame.

"Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily." —Lemony Snicket
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Hope rarely arrives

“Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily.” —Lemony Snicket. Hope quotes aren’t the only things written in books. Check out this list of the 30 most quotable books (and our favorite lines from each).

"Never give up. Have hope. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it." —Catherine Pulsifer.
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Always have hope

“Never give up. Have hope. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it.” —Catherine Pulsifer. For even more inspiration, read up on the most powerful quotes about life.

"The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy." —Kalu Ndukwe Kalu.
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Do things for others

“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.” —Kalu Ndukwe Kalu.

"It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday." —John Guare.
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Hope for tomorrow

“It’s amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.” —John Guare. Check out these moving quotes about peace from world leaders.

"Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." —Stephen King.
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Good things don’t die

“Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” —Stephen King.

"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
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We need more hope

“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.

Unlock your inner strength and face your fears head-on with these powerful courage quotes.

"We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming—well, that's like saying you can never change your fate." —Amy Tan.
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Keep dreaming

“We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming—well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.” —Amy Tan.

"In fact, hope is best gained after defeat and failure, because then inner strength and toughness is produced." —Fritz Knapp
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First failure, then hope

“In fact, hope is best gained after defeat and failure, because then inner strength and toughness is produced.” —Fritz Knapp. These are the most inspiring quotes about teaching.

"Hope is a waking dream." —Aristotle.
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Hope is a dream

“Hope is a waking dream.” —Aristotle.

"A positive statement propels hope toward a better future, it builds up your faith and that of others, and it promotes change." —Jan Dargatz
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Be positive

“A positive statement propels hope toward a better future, it builds up your faith and that of others, and it promotes change.” —Jan Dargatz. For more hope quotes, check out these inspiring quotes for women.

"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." —Leonard Cohen.
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Everything is flawed

“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” —Leonard Cohen.

"We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken." —Albert Einstein.
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Never be hopeless

“We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken.” Albert Einstein.

"When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on." —Theodore Roosevelt.
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Hold on

“When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.” —Theodore Roosevelt.

Morgan Cutolo
Morgan Cutolo is a former senior production editor at Trusted Media Brands. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2016, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. In her free time, she likes exploring the seacoast of Maine, where she lives, and snuggling up on the couch with her corgi, Eggo, to watch HGTV or The Office.