In times of uncertainty, it is important to have hope. Hope gives us the courage to keep moving forward. It reduces unnecessary stress and anxiety to let us lead happier and healthier lives. Here are 20 quotes to keep you hopeful during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- “Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the 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.” Barack Obama
- “Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.” Abraham Cowley
- “The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts.” Alain de Botton
- “Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” Lin Yutang
- “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
- “You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.” Thomas Merton
- “It’s probably my job to tell you life isn’t fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I’ll tell you that hope is precious, and you’re right not to give up.” C.J. Redwine
- “Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily.” Lemony Snicket
- “There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.” O.S. Marden
- “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” Norman Vincent Peale
- “If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down.” Mary Pickford
- “If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.” Henry Ford
- “If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.” Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The sun always comes up. Spring always comes after winter. The river always reach the ocean. Always.” Maxime Legacé
- “Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me…Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” Shel Silverstein
- “Hope itself is like a star – not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- “Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.” E.B. White
- “It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Anne Frank
- “As long as we have hope, we have direction, the energy to move, and the map to move by.” Lao Tzu
- “The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.” Marion Zimmer Bradley
