180 Inspirational Quotes About Hope In Hard Times

Amid life’s storms, it’s easy to feel adrift, struggling to find a beacon of light amidst the encroaching darkness. If you feel like giving up in life, here are short inspirational quotes about hope in hard times to help you stay calm and keep believing in your tomorrow.

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Quotes About Hope in Hard Times

1. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
2. “He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.” – Arabian Proverb
3. “Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
4. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
5. “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson
6. “Hope is the companion of power and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.” – Samuel Smiles
7. “Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.” – Suzanne Collins
8. “When the world says, ‘Give up,’ Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time.'” – Unknown
9. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
10. “Hope is not an emotion; it’s a way of thinking or a cognitive process.” – Brené Brown
11. “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
12. “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.” – Barack Obama
13. “Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” – Robert H. Schuller
14. “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” – Epicurus
15. “Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.” – Roy T. Bennett
16. “Hope is a waking dream.” – Aristotle
17. “If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
18. “Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come.” – Anne Lamott
19. “Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you over a rough path, at the end of which the angels are waiting to welcome you.” – Thomas Carlyle
20. “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.” – Barbara Kingsolver

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20 Quotes About Hope and Faith

1. “Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.” – Rabindranath Tagore
2. “To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.” – Leo Buscaglia
3. “Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” – Saint Augustine
4. “Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is the courage to dance to it today.” – Peter Kuzmic
5. “Faith and hope work hand in hand, however, while hope focuses on the future, faith focuses on the now.” – David Odunaiya
6. “I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.” – Lord Byron
7. “At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.” – Jesse Jackson
8. “Hope itself is like a star—not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.” – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
9. “There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.” – Bernard Williams
10. “Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.” – Alexander Pope
11. “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” – Pablo Neruda
12. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller
13. “A man of courage is also full of faith.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
14. “Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
15. “It’s faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
16. “Hope is patience with the lamp lit.” – Tertullian
17. “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” – Corrie Ten Boom
18. “You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
19. “Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.” – Voltaire
20. “Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.” – George Iles

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20 Short Quotes About Hope in Hard Times

1. “Hope never abandons you; you abandon it.” – George Weinberg
2. “Where there’s life, there’s hope.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
3. “Hope is a force of nature.” – Jim Butcher
4. “Never give up. Have hope. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it.” – Catherine Pulsifer
5. “A drowning man will clutch at a straw.” – Sir Thomas More
6. “Every cloud has a silver lining.” – John Milson
7. “Hope costs nothing.” – Colette
8. “Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper.” – Francis Bacon
9. “Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
10. “Hope is the dream of a waking man.” – Aristotle
11. “Never lose hope. You never know what tomorrow may bring.” – Unknown
12. “Hope springs eternal.” – Alexander Pope
13. “Hope is the physician of each misery.” – Irish Proverb
14. “Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.” – G.K. Chesterton
15. “Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.” – Martin Luther
16. “While there’s life, there’s hope.” – Theocritus
17. “Hope is the last thing ever lost.” – Italian Proverb
18. “Hope is outreaching desire with expectancy of good. It is a characteristic of all living beings.” – Edward S. Ame
19. “Hope is a lover’s staff.” – William Shakespeare
20. “Hope is a waking dream.” – Aristotle

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20 Quotes About Hope and Faith Strength Hard Times

1. “The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.” – Swami Sivananda
2. “A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” – English Proverb
3. “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. “Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.” – John F. Kennedy
5. “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” – Chinese Proverb
6. “Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted.” – Christine Caine
7. “God gives us difficulties to bring out the best in us.” – Marvin J. Ashton
8. “The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” – Robert Jordan
9. “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
10. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
11. “Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean de La Bruyère
12. “The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.” – Seneca
13. “All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me.” – Walt Disney
14. “Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.” – Martha Graham
15. “Adversity is the first path to truth.” – Lord Byron
16. “You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.” – Unknown
17. “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.” – A.A. Milne
18. “What does not kill me, makes me stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
19. “In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” – Lee Iacocca
20. “Build upon strengths, and weaknesses will gradually take care of themselves.” – Joyce C. Lock

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20 Quotes About Hope for the Future

1. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
2. “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” – Audrey Hepburn
3. “Hope is a thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson
4. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
5. “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X
6. “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther
7. “The future is always beginning now.” – Mark Strand
8. “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – William Faulkner
9. “The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.” – Kobe Bryant
10. “The future starts today, not tomorrow.” – Pope John Paul II
11. “Hope is a passion for the possible.” – Søren Kierkegaard
12. “We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
13. “It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.” – Amelia Barr
14. “The future is as bright as your faith.” – Thomas S. Monson
15. “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” – Simone de Beauvoir
16. “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen
17. “The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” – Bertrand Russell
18. “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” – Abraham Lincoln
19. “Look to the future, because that is where you’ll spend the rest of your life.” – George Burns
20. “The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.” – Leonard I. Sweet

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20 Quotes About Hope in God

1. “God’s mercy and grace give me hope – for myself, and for our world.” – Billy Graham
2. “My hope is in God, who strengthens me and is the source of all my joy.” – Unknown
3. “God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.” – Max Lucado
4. “You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.” – Psalm 119:114
5. “Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying.” – Romans 12:12
6. “God gives us not what we want but what we need as we need it: the people, the means, the discipline, the guidance, the love, the Spirit of power, and of love and of self-control.” – C.S. Lewis
7. “Our greatest hope is in God who holds the future in his hands.” – Unknown
8. “Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.” – Psalm 42:11
9. “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.” – Psalm 91:1
10. “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” – Isaiah 40:31
11. “Trust in God and He will never leave you empty-handed.” – Unknown
12. “God’s plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day.” – Louie Giglio
13. “Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.” – Rabindranath Tagore
14. “The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him.” – Lamentations 3:25
15. “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” – Psalm 46:1
16. “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.” – Isaiah 43:2
17. “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” – Isaiah 41:10
18. “Remember who you are and whose you are.” – Unknown
19. “The presence of hope in the invincible sovereignty of God drives out fear.” – John Piper
20. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” – Romans 15:13

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Quotes about hope after death

1. “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson
2. “In the gardens of memory, in the palace of dreams, that is where you and I shall meet.” – Alice Through the Looking Glass
3. “They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.” – William Penn
4. “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” – Thomas Campbell
5. “The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it.” – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
6. “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” – From an Irish headstone
7. “While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil.” – John Taylor
8. “Those we love never truly leave us. There are things that death cannot touch.” – Jack Thorne
9. “Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” – Eskimo Proverb
10. “The darker the night, the brighter the stars, the deeper the grief, the closer is God!” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
11. “Hope is grief’s best music.” – Author Unknown
12. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” – Matthew 5:4
13. “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” – Author Unknown
14. “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi
15. “As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.” – Cassandra Clare
16. “Grief is the price we pay for love.” – Queen Elizabeth II
17. “Sometimes, when one person is absent, the whole world seems depopulated.” – Alphonse de Lamartine
18. “He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
19. “It is not length of life, but depth of life.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
20. “Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.” – George Eliot

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Quotes about hope never give up

1. “When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.” – Theodore Roosevelt
2. “The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” – C.C. Scott
3. “A bend in the road is not the end of the road… Unless you fail to make the turn.” – Helen Keller
4. “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher
5. “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
7. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
8. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” – Nelson Mandela
9. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
10. “Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.” – Martin Luther
11. “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” – Dalai Lama
12. “Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” – Robert H. Schuller
13. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi
14. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
15. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
16. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
17. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
18. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
19. “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein
20. “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe

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20 Quotes about hope and love

1. “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou
2. “Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
3. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
4. “Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” – Mother Teresa
5. “To love another person is to see the face of God.” – Victor Hugo
6. “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” – Jesus Christ
7. “Love is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.” – Rabindranath Tagore
8. “Love is the bridge between you and everything.” – Rumi
9. “A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – Charles Dickens
10. “Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” – Lin Yutang
11. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
12. “Hope is the companion of power and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.” – Samuel Smiles
13. “Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.” – David Wilkerson
14. “Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blest.” – Alexander Pope
15. “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” – Nicholas Sparks
16. “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” – Christopher Reeve
17. “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
18. “Love without hope will not survive, love without faith changes nothing. Love gives the power to hope and faith.” – Toba Beta
19. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
20. “Hope is passion for what is possible.” – Søren Kierkegaard

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Conclusion:

These inspirational quotes about hope in hard times are beacons that remind you of your resilience, your capacity for love, and your ability to rise again. Hold onto them, share them, and let them uplift your spirit when the shadows grow long.