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What are the best quotes on hope (& believe)? And why is hope so important in life? 

H-O-P-E. These four letters have such an impact in life. They can be the difference between giving up and keeping going, between despair and resilience. Hope is the green light that burns all night at the end of your dock; that guides us through the darkness; that propels us forward; that keeps us humble and grounded.

Hope is as important as faith and love, it has the ability to make us feel better about our lives and selves. It gives us the drive to move forward despite what we may face in life.

But when things are at their worst — such as the moment you are laid off from your job, or you lose a loved one — it is easy to lose hope in life. 

Which brings me to today…

In today's article, I've rounded up 25 most inspiring quotes on hope (and believe). These quotes are simple yet profound, and they offer a different perspective on these two essential human emotions.

As a side note, several studies have shown that hope is associated with better mental health, less anxiety and depression.

25 Quotes On Hope (& Believe)

Here I've put together the best quotes on hope and belief, from a variety of sources. I hope that these quotes on hope will bring you comfort and inspiration, and that they will help you to live a life full of hope and belief.

1. "We choose hope over fear. We see the future not as something out of our control, but as something we can shape for the better through concerted and collective effort." - Barack Obama 

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

3. "All human wisdom is contained in these two words: Wait and Hope." - Alexandre Dumas

4. "Hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. It's not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if We have the courage to reach for it, and to work for it, and to fight for it. Hope is the belief that destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by the men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is, who have the courage to remake the world as it should be." - Barack Obama 

5. "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

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6. "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." - Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption 

7. "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 

8. "In fact, hope is best gained after defeat and failure, because then inner strength and toughness is produced." - Fritz Knapp

9. "They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world. Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for." - Tom Bodett

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10. "I've always been very hopeful, which I guess isn't strange coming from me. I don't want to call myself an optimist. I want to say that I've always been full of hope. I've never lost that. I have a lot of hope for this country and for the entire world." - Steven Spielberg

11. "Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free." - Stephen King 

12. "Hopelessness is the root of anxiety, mental illness, and depression. It is the source of all misery and the cause of all addiction." - Mark Manson

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

14. "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. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof." - Barbara Kingsolver

15. "If we don't believe there is any hope that the future will be better than the present, that our life will improve in some way, then we spiritually die." - Mark Manson

16. "In dire times you can lose joy , but you can't lose hope. Hope is your guide." - Paulo Coelho 

17. "Once you choose hope, anything is possible." - Christopher Reeve 

18. "My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." - Forrest Gump

19. "There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith." - James Cameron

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20. "You have to take a leap of faith to realize a dream, and this is something that a lot of people aren't willing to do." - Ron Bramlett

21. "There is neither happiness nor misery in the world. There is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness." - Alexandre Dumas

22. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter… Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther… And one fine morning…" - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

23. "If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill

24. "There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning." - Louis L'Amour

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25. "Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between." - Maya Angelou

Check out this real-life example of how hope can change someone's life!

We can find hope in even the most unlikely of places — it can be found in a smile, or in the person holding the door for you, or maybe hope can be found in an airport bookstore as it happened with the famed writer Dushka Zapata. Here's what she wrote on Quora about that incident: 

I remember waking up that morning and thinking "that's it. My life is over."

Getting myself out of bed and packing a bag and heading to the airport for a trip that I knew would be the worst in my life.

Glancing at the airport bookstore and spotting a magnet on the display with a quote by Louis L'Amour.

It stopped me cold.

It read:

"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.

That will be the beginning."

It's now on my fridge and reminds me every day that no matter what, every breath I take is a chance to begin again.

Final Thoughts 

Hope you enjoyed reading these quotes on hope. Which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments.