We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Norman Vincent Peale

Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
Norman Vincent Peale

Hope is always available to us. When we feel defeated, we need only take a deep breath and say, "Yes," and hope will reappear.
Monroe Forester

We live by admiration, hope and love.
William Wordsworth

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.
Tom Clancy

The very least you can do in your life is to 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 the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are traveling through life it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end.
François de la Rochefoucauld

He who does not hope to win has already lost.
Jose Joaquin Olmedo

When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.
Pauline R. Kezer

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-- That perches in the soul-- And sings the tune without the words-- And never stops--at all
Emily Dickenson

Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
François Duc de La Rochefoucauld

Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
Christopher Reeve

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
Robert G. Ingersoll

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.
Vincent McNabb

In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs man's torments.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, 1878

When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
Author Unknown

Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
Titus Maccius Plautus