75 Top-Notch Quotes about Hope

"Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."

Václav Havel (born 5 October 1936 in Czechoslovakia)) is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) and the first President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003).


"Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."

Jonas E. Salk (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American medical researcher and virologist, best known for his discovery and development of the first safe and effective polio vaccine.


"Faith is not trying to believe something regardless of the evidence; faith is daring something regardless of the consequences."

Sherwood Eddy (1871-1963) was an American Protestant missionary and author, born at Leavenworth, Kansas.


"Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality."

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"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be."

Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer and dramatist.


"Vision looks upward and becomes faith."

Stephen Samuel Wise (born Weisz, March 17, 1874–April 19, 1949) was a Austro-Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader.


"I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action."

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (August 13, 1926 - November 25, 2016) is a Cuban political leader and former socialist revolutionary.


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

Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African Anglican cleric and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist.


"Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate."

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer. His prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology,poetry, play writing, journalism, public lecturing and debating, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.


"I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best."

Benjamin Disraeli (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure. He served in government for three decades, twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was the country's first and thus far only Prime Minister who was born Jewish.