Hope is a magical element of life and when it is hard to find, life is hard to experience. So to help renew your own inner well of hope delve into this inspirational collection of quotes by women and men about hope.

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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. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up. - Anne Lamott

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. - Barbara Kingsolver

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

Where hope grows, miracles blossom. - Elna Rae

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope. - Maya Angelou

Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning. - Barbara Kingsolver

To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. - Mother Teresa

To be without hope is like being without goals, what are you working towards? - Catherine Pulsifer

Dreams are necessary to life. - Anais Nin

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. - Dalai Lama

Once you go through something you think will kill you and it doesn’t, every day is like a present. - Elissa B. Terris

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope. - Mahatma Gandhi

Never let go of hope - dream, take action, and get that transfer to live the life you wish. - Catherine Pulsifer

No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible. - George Chakiris

What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.- Emil Brunner

Hope is the power that gives us the power to step out and try. - Unknown

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

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible. - Anonymous

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. - Samuel Smiles

More Hope Quotes to Inspire

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

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. - Arthur Miller

Imagine all the people living life in peace. 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 be as one. - John Lennon

My hopes are not always realised, but I always hope. - Ovid

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

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

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. - Thomas Fuller

Hope never abandons you, you abandon it. - George Weinberg

Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future. - Charles F. Kettering

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return. - Maya Angelou

Hope and fear are inseparable.- La Rochefoucauld

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. - Albert Einstein

If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. - Chinese Proverb

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy, hope. - Winston Churchill

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. - Dale Carnegie

Never deprive someone of hope — it may be all they have. - Unknown

Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles. - Samuel Smiles

Keep your faith in all beautiful things; in the sun when it is hidden, in the spring when it is gone. - Roy R. Gilson

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. - Elie Weisel

Our Inspiration

The bringing together of this collection of quotes about hope was inspired by a regular She Inspires reader whose husband is fighting cancer. Keeping hope in your heart is so important, not only when you're in the midst of a harsh battle, but also when you're recovering in the weeks and months (even years) after.

I know from personal experience how powerful it is to keep hold of hope and the difference it makes in your daily life to renew your well. So if you have someone you care about needing to keep their inner well full then please, share these inspirational words with them and let them feel treasured by your TLC.

Ways to Share Inspiration

Want to share inspiring quotes and the message of support but not sure how? Here are 5 tips on ways that make a difference:

1. Send a beautiful card in the post with an inspiring quote and saying you're thinking of them
2. Text your favourite quote
3. Pick a short one for sharing on Twitter
4. Pick a longer one for sharing on Facebook
5. Send flowers or a plant with a quote on the card

You can, of course, simply share this page with the whole collection of hope quotes.

And what about timing? From experience, it doesn't matter whether you get the message in the middle of a crisis or weeks or months later - just feeling the tender care and support makes all the difference. I think it's about feeling recognised and understood. Compassion and empathy go a long way and matter much more than timing. And who knows, your message could well have perfect timing without you even knowing.

We have more inspiring quotes specifically for those fighting cancer and on the road to recovery and a great story with practical tips for fighting cancer.