160 Lost Hope Quotes

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Famous Lost Hope Quotes

Without hope we are lost. — Mahmoud Darwish

Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope. — Pittacus Lore

False hope really makes you cynical. — Sayings

Hope is the last thing to leave a human being. — Swedish Proverbs

Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy. - Italian Proverbs

Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy. — Italian Proverbs

Totally without hope, one cannot live. To live without hope is to cease to live. — Jürgen Moltmann

When you stop hoping you start settling. - Valorie Burton

When you stop hoping you start settling. — Valorie Burton

Where no hope is left, is left no fear. - John Milton

Where no hope is left, is left no fear. — John Milton

Without hope we live in desire. — Dante Alighieri

Hope begins in the dark. — Anne Lamott

To not have any hope is where things start to get really bleak. Things are possible. The impossible can be possible. — Sarah Paulson

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope. - Alanis Morissette

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope. — Alanis Morissette

The person who lives by hope will die by despair. — Italian Proverbs

There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for. — Haruki Murakami

Short Lost Hope Quotes

  • Oft hope is born when all is forlorn. — J. R. R. Tolkien
  • False hope is better than no hope at all. — Lois Greiman
  • Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness. — Henri Nouwen
  • To live without Hope is to Cease to live. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • Hope does not disappoint. — Paul the Apostle
  • Where there is no vision, there is no hope. — George Washington Carver
  • I still believe in Hope - mostly because there's no such place as Fingers Crossed, Arkansas. — Molly Ivins
  • Hope is a song in a weary throat. — Pauli Murray
  • Were it not for hope the heart would break. — Scottish Proverbs
  • You'll stop hurting when you stop hoping. — Guillaume Musso

Lost Hope Image Quotes

Lost hope quote For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're
For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and, if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

Don't Lose Hope Quotes

Dont ever lose hope. Even when life seems bleak and hopeless, know that you are not alone. — Nancy Reagan

Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out. - Christopher Reeve

Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out. — Christopher Reeve

I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse. — Walt Disney

Lost hope quote Just because my path is different doesn't mean I'm lost.
Just because my path is different doesn't mean I'm lost.

Don't ever lose hope because better days will come. — Ana Monnar

Disappointment always arrives before hope and the darkness of night comes before the dawn. Don't lose hope now because things will brighter with the new day. — Henry Rollins

I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I've enjoyed doing the games. I don't ever go to the park where I don't have a good day. I don't like losing. But I don't think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don't think once. — Bob Uecker

Lost hope quote Your mind will always believe everything you tell it. Feed it hope. Feed it truth. Feed it with love
Your mind will always believe everything you tell it. Feed it hope. Feed it truth. Feed it with love.

And I came close to losing a part of my foot on two occasions. I hope I'm consistently lucky and that the next time I develop a blister or step on something sharp, that I don't go as far as I did on those two times. — Mary Tyler Moore

You've always got to be aware of why you don't win; otherwise you'll keep losing. Every mistake is a learning experience and, hopefully, you won't make the same mistake again. — Layne Beachley

[Iris] squeezed his hand. "Don't lose hope, Frank. Rainbows always stand for hope. — Rick Riordan

Hope is a waking dream.' I let the words echo in my head. The quote reminded me of that feeling you get when you start to wake from a dream you don't want to leave. That crushing sensation in the center of your chest, like you are losing an important piece of yourself you won't ever get back. — Jennifer Rush

Losing Hope Quotes

Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever. - Roy Bennett

Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever. — Roy Bennett

Learn from yesterday, live for today. — Albert Einstein

Never lose hope, be persistent and stubborn and never give up. There are many instances in history where apparent losers suddenly turn out to be winners unexpectedly, so you should never conclude all hope is lost. — Theodore Kaczynski

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

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

Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him. Never, ever stop going back to Him. Repent often. Cry to Allah. And hold on tight-with your life-to His remembrance and to prayer. If you do this, you may get wet, but insha Allah never drown in this ocean of dunya. — Yasmin Mogahed

A man with a grain of faith in God never loses hope, because he ever believes in the ultimate triumph of Truth. — Mahatma Gandhi

Lost hope quote I hope to arrive to my death, late, in love and a little drunk.
I hope to arrive to my death, late, in love and a little drunk.

Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow. — Orison Swett Marden

Hope is sweet. Hope is illumining. Hope is fulfilling. Hope can be everlasting. Therefore, do not give up hope, Even in the sunset of your life. — Sri Chinmoy

The mother is everything - she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness. He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly — Kahlil Gibran

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another. - Elizabeth Taylor

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another. — Elizabeth Taylor

No Hope Quotes

A woman is free if she lives by her own standards and creates her own destiny, if she prizes her individuality and puts no boundaries on her hopes for tomorrow. — Mary Mcleod Bethune

There's no way around grief and loss: you can dodge all you want, but sooner or later you just have to go into it, through it, and, hopefully, come out the other side. The world you find there will never be the same as the world you left. — Johnny Cash

People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Lost hope quote Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.
Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.

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

There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither hope nor love without faith. — Saint Augustine

I hope my life is a testimony to show people no matter what you go through, how many hurdles are placed in front of you, how many bumps and bruises you get, to pick yourself up and be resilient and keep on trucking. — Gucci Mane

Lost hope quote Be brave enough to hold on to the hope that life will be beautiful again.
Be brave enough to hold on to the hope that life will be beautiful again.

By your own soul, learn to live. If some men force you, take no heed. If some men hate you, have no care. Sing your song, dream your dreams Hope your hopes, and pray your prayers. — Bo Schembechler

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint. — Hesiod

If you have confidence in your own words, aspirations, thoughts, and actions and do your very best, you will have no need to regret the outcome of what you do. Fear and trembling are lot of the person who, while stinting effort, hopes that everything will come out precisely as he wants. — Mas Oyama

We should never, never be afraid or ashamed about dreams. The dreams won’t all come true; we won’t always make it; but where there is no vision a people perish. Where people have no dreams and no hopes and aspirations, life becomes dull and a meaningless wilderness. — Tommy Douglas

Lost Faith Quotes

I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man. — Jose Rizal

Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love. — Erich Fromm

If a person professes faith in Christ and yet falls away or makes no progress in godliness, it does not mean that he has lost his salvation. It reveals that he was never truly converted. — Paul Washer

Lost hope quote I lost myself trying to please everyone else. Now I'm losing everyone while I'm finding myself.
I lost myself trying to please everyone else. Now I'm losing everyone while I'm finding myself.

The John Birch Society is Communism's greatest ally. With its help we will divide and confuse the American people until they have lost faith in their Government, their nation has ceased to be a major world power, and their country is ripe for revolution. — Nikita Khrushchev

People have lost their faith that if they work hard, if they try to get ahead, if they play by the rules, then that will ultimately result in positive outcomes. — James David Vance

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen — Rod McKuen

Lost hope quote Never stop believing in hope because miracles happen everyday.
Never stop believing in hope because miracles happen everyday.

We've lost a lot of faith in mankind and humanity and the human body's capacity to heal itself. — Gary Brecka

Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing: Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears, Let us hold close one day, remembering Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men. Let us get back our childlike faith again. — Grace Noll Crowell

We never gave up. We didn't get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress. — John Lewis

I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win. — Roger Ebert

Never Lose Hope Quotes

The trick is to never lose hope! - Tupac Shakur

The trick is to never lose hope! — Tupac Shakur

Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it. - Ian Fleming

Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it. — Ian Fleming

I have a fierce will to live. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others - and I am one of those - never give up. We fight and fight and fight. We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. We fight to the very end. — Yann Martel

Lost hope quote There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment
There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, lies, inferiority and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth. The wolf that wins? The one you feed.

When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't. — David Copperfield

Our eternal message of hope is that dawn will come. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today — Nhat Hanh

Lost hope quote Look back and be grateful, look ahead and be hopeful, look around and be helpful.
Look back and be grateful, look ahead and be hopeful, look around and be helpful.

Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins. — Pope Francis

Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. — Stephen King

Perhaps the greatest psychological, spiritual, and medical need that all people have is the need for hope. — Billy Graham

The world may be broken, but hope is not crazy. — John Green

Not Giving Up Hope Quotes

I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid. — Pope John Paul II

Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it. — Samuel Adams

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

Lost hope quote Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself. — Sidney Sheldon

Nothing can happen if it's not first a dream. If you have someone with a dream, if you have a motivated person with a goal and a vision, if you have someone that never gives up, who has great hope, Anything can happen. — Jim Valvano

With God, all things are possible. — Wayne Dyer

Believe in yourself when nobody else does. — Mary J. Blige

I suspect the most we can hope for, and it's no small hope, is that we never give up, that we never stop giving ourselves permission to try to love and receive love. — Elizabeth Strout

I hope to inspire everyone - especially young people, women, and young girls all over the world, and in Middle Eastern countries that do not provide women with the same opportunities as men - to not give up their dreams and to pursue them. — Anousheh Ansari

Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him. — Michelangelo

Never Give Up Hope Quotes

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. — Earl Nightingale

Despite all the troubles of our world, in my heart I have never given up on the love in which I was brought up or on man's hope in love. In life, just as on the artist's palette, there is but one single colour that gives meaning to life and art–the colour of love — Marc Chagall

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world. — Jane Addams

Never give up. There is always hope, there is always life. You've just gotta open your heart to it. Live in love. — Austin Carlile

Never give up hope. Situations can change over night, problems can dissolve in the light of a new day's sun. — Leon Brown

Nelson Mandela said: 'It always seems impossible until it's done.' Peace is possible. — John Bonifaz

Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle. — Soren Kierkegaard

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never give up; nothing is done overnight. Anyone who achieved anything in life always did it after many failures. Don’t give up hope. — Swami Satchidananda

When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up. — Winston Churchill

Loss Of Faith Quotes

When you look ahead and darkness is all you see, faith and determination will pull you through. — Drake

Let there be no more war or bloodshed between Arabs and Israelis. Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights. Let there be no more despair or loss of faith. — Anwar Sadat

Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to life as long as God himself — Elie Wiesel

A person who has never owned a dog has missed a wonderful part of life. — Bob Barker

Whoever we may be, whatever our immediate interest, however much we carry baggage from our past, however much we have been caught by the fashion of cynicism and loss of faith in the capacity of the people, let us err today and say - nothing can stop us now! — Thabo Mbeki

Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

Living faith is above circumstances; no delays can discourage it, no loss of friends or depression in trade can touch it. — Rees Howells

If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Doubt is poison. It leads to a loss of faith in yourself, and in all that's good and true. — Dean Koontz

A great storm puts out a little fire but feeds a strong one. Trials conquer weak faith but grow a strong faith. — LeCrae

Hope For The Hopeless Quotes

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope. — Barack Obama

Our world today so desperately hungers for hope, yet uncounted people have almost given up. There is despair and hopelessness on every hand. Let us be faithful in proclaiming the hope that is in Jesus. — Billy Graham

Faith means believing the unbelievable. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Intention is for achievers. Hope is for the hopeless. — Robert Kiyosaki

Even in the inevitable moments when all seems hopeless, men know that without hope they cannot really live, and in agonizing desperation they cry for the bread of hope. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

A Tibetan Lama said to me, "The best place to stand, Ram Dass, is halfway between hope and hopelessness." So I can write a scenario for the 21st century in either direction. One is that it all goes to hell and that it's truly the dark age. — Ram Dass

the wealthy white western minority of the world could not hope to prosper if most of the rest of mankind were foundering in hopeless poverty. Islands of plenty in a vast ocean of misery never have been a good recipe for commercial success. — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth

Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without. — Kofi Annan

Any area of my life for which I have no hope is under the influence of a lie. — Bill Johnson

We can see hope in the midst of hopelessness. We can see peace in the midst of chaos. We have a hope that the world does not have. We can see clearly that all things work together for the good of them that love Him and are called according to His purpose. — Priscilla Shirer

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More Lost Hope Quotes

Without education, there is no hope for our people and without hope, our future is lost — Charles Hamilton Houston

The Chinese leadership hoped that the world would soon forget the Tiananmen Square massacre. Our job in Congress is to ensure that we never forget those who lost their lives in Tiananmen Square that day or the pro-democracy cause for which they fought. — Tom Lantos

The world is always waiting for someone to save the day, make things better. We've lost hope in politics, preachers. ... As a child of God, I just believe that Jesus is our hero, he is the one that came to save man's life, to save man's soul, to restore people back to themselves with a love that's real - an unconditional sacrificial love. — Kirk Franklin

It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely. — Leo Buscaglia

People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes. — Neil Gaiman

Through me the way into the suffering city, Through me the way to the eternal pain, Through me the way that runs among the lost. Justice urged on my high artificer; My maker was divine authority, The highest wisdom, and the primal love. Before me nothing but eternal things were made, And I endure eternally. Abandon every hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri

My mother was one of seven girls whose parents went to bed hungry so their children wouldn’t. My father lost his mother when he was nine. He left school and went to work for the next 70 years. They emigrated to America with little more than the hope of a better life. — Marco Rubio

I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul. No, give me a ruined complexion and a lost figure and sixteen chins on a farmyard of Crow's feet and an obvious wig. Then you shall see me coming out strong. — George Bernard Shaw

One by one, drops fell from her eyes like they were on an assembly line - gather, fall, slide...gather, fall, slide...each one commemorating something she had lost. Hope. Faith. Confidence. Pride. Security. Trust. Independence. Joy. Beauty. Freedom. Innocence. — Lisi Harrison

Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there’s music in us. Hope is pushed down but the angel flies up again taking us with her. — Jack Gilbert

You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction. I always get a little disappointed when I know too well where I’m going, or when I’ve lived in a place so long that there’s no chance I could possibly get lost. — Andrew Bird

Believe in miracles. I have seen so many of them come when every other indication would say that hope was lost. Hope is never lost. If those miracles do not come soon or fully or seemingly at all, remember the Savior's own anguished example: if the bitter cup does not pass, drink it and be strong, trusting in happier days ahead. — Jeffrey R. Holland

If there is love, there is hope that one may have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue. — Dalai Lama

I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost. — David Attenborough

Only what we have lost forever do we possess forever. Only when we have drunk from the river of darkness can we truly see. Only when our legs have rotted off can we truly dance. As long as there is death, there is hope — Brother Theodore

For until ye become as a savior, as a help to some soul that has lost hope, lost its way, ye do not fully comprehend the god within, the god without. — Edgar Cayce

That is why he is a Warrior of the Light, because he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than he is. — Paulo Coelho

Not reaching back for what was lost in my yesterdays. And not reaching for what I hope will be in my tomorrow. But living fully with what is right in front of me. And truly seeing the gift of this moment. — Lysa TerKeurst

As long as we have hope, we have direction, the energy to move, and the map to move by. We have a hundred alternatives, a thousand paths and an infinity of dreams. Hopeful, we are halfway to where we want to go; hopeless, we are lost forever. — Lao Tzu

If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so. — Eric Bentley

In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future. — Henri B. Stendhal

Joyfully celebrating the killing of a killer who joyfully celebrated killing carries an irony that I hope will not be lost on us. Are we learning anything, or simply spinning harder in the cycle of violence? — Brian D. McLaren

In the face of excruciating pain and uncertainty, I never lost hope, and it never occurred to me to stop fighting - not ever. — Farrah Fawcett

I have lost three semi-finals at Newlands. I was hoping that last year would be a lucky number three. It was close, but we could not make it. — Schalk Burger

I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom. — Chuck Palahniuk

In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future. — Stendhal

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. — Robert Fulghum

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

There's no more personal issue than gun violence; every one of these stories is a life lost, i'm hoping that over the long term, as I tell these stories, that it will help to open people's eyes. — Chris Murphy

And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be. — Peter O'Toole

Dreams are more powerful than facts. — Robert Fulghum

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

As I walk through This wicked world Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity, I ask myself Is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred, and misery? And each time I feel like this inside, There's one thing I wanna know: What's so funny 'bout Peace, Love, & Understanding? — Elvis Costello

During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come. — Mika

We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job, but that song gives you hope. — Nelson Mandela

Because I have confidence in the power of truth and in the spirit, I believe in the future of mankind. Affirmation of the world and of life contains within itself an optimistic willing and hoping which can never be lost. It is, therefore, never afraid to face the dismal reality and to see it as it really is. — Albert Schweitzer

So there'll be no guiding light for you and me We are not sailors lost out on the sea We were always headed toward eternity Hoping for a glimpse of Galilee — Emmylou Harris

We focus on bringing back Indigenous languages, ceremonies, cultures, traditions - all that was lost over the past 150 years. This is how we'll generate hope - for all Canadian people. — Perry Bellegarde

I want people to retake ownership of their lives. I don't want people with perfect bodies. I want people who are striving to get more fit and feel great. That's what America needs. A lot of American's have lost hope, and I am trying to inspire it back into people. — Diamond Dallas Page

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