Hopeful Quotes
The hope in this collection isn't naive — much of it comes from writers who had genuine reason for despair and chose a different line anyway. That context is part of what makes these quotes durable rather than merely cheerful.
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.”
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.”
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.”
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.”
“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”