The human capacity and need for hope is astounding. It is one of those universal truths that spans age, gender, and location. Everyone knows what it means to feel hopeless, and what it’s like to find that glimmering ray of hope when everything seems lost.
Hope transcends pain, loss, failure, sadness, and negativity. Hope offers a chance—a possibility— that things will improve and all is not lost. It is this need for hope that pushes so many of us, and so many characters throughout the great literary works. Whether listeners are connecting with characters, or pulling inspiration for their own lives, quotes about hope are some of the most commonly repeated and most loved.
Here we have compiled a list of some of the most moving, uplifting, inspiring, and heartfelt quotes about hope from a selection of our most well-loved audiobooks.
Quotes about Hope that Will Inspire
1.“Hope. It's like a drop of honey, a field of tulips blooming in the springtime. It's a fresh rain, a whispered promise, a cloudless sky, the perfect punctuation mark at the end of a sentence. And it's the only thing in the world keeping me afloat.” -Tahereh Mafi,
2.“Close your eyes. Concentrate on your breath. Remember that you were not always earthbound. Every living creature, every drop of water and every sombre mountain is the by-blow of some bloated, dying star. Deep down, we remember wriggling through the universe as beams of light.” - Eden Robinson,
3.“Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.” - Maya Angelou,
4.“And, now that you don’t have to be perfect you can be good.” - John Steinbeck,
5.“Here's another thing to remember: hope keeps you alive. Even when you're dead, it's the only thing that keeps you alive.” - Lauren Oliver,
Quotes About Hope and Strength
Sometimes in the most dire situations, when all seems lost and it is impossible to carry on, the only thing left is hope. Remembering that there is always light in a dark place, or that there is always hope when you feel despair, can be the push needed to keep going and keep fighting through pain or darkness. These quotes about strength will help remind you that there is always power and hope to be found within.
6.“Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.” - Anne Frank,
7.“Maybe everyone can live beyond what they’re capable of.” - Markus Zusak,
8.“We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken.” - John Green,
9.“I'm not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.”- John Green,
10.“Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon.” - John Green,
