Words Of Hope Quotes:

I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.

- J. R. R. Tolkien

source: J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.489, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

topic: Victory, Words Of Hope, Spoken Word

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

- Emily Dickinson

source: " 'Hope' is the thing with feathers" l. 1 (ca. 1862) SeeWoody Allen 20

topic: Inspirational, Hope, Soul, Hope And Faith, Extremity

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

- Helen Keller

source: "Optimism". Essay by Helen Keller, 1903.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Achievement

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Marketing And Sales, Infinite Hope

"Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

- Mary Pickford

source: "Why Not Try God?". "St. Petersburg Times" Newspaper, sect. 2, (p. 3), January 25, 1936.

topic: Encouraging, Perseverance, Encouragement, Making Mistakes And Learning From Them, Inspirational Perseverance

Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'...

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

source: "The Foresters, Robin Hood and Maid Marian". Play by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1892.

topic: Happiness, Hope, New Year, Indian Happy New Year, Inspirational New Beginning

Word which the finger of God has written on the brow of every man — hope!

- Victor Hugo

source: "Hugo's Works: Les Miserables (Fantine)".

topic: Hope, Wisdom, Men, Words Of Hope, Don't Lose Hope

Humanity needs to see these gestures of peace and to hear words of hope and peace!

- Pope Francis

topic: Humanity, Needs, Gestures, Words Of Hope

If a teacher told me to revise, I thought that meant my writing was a broken-down car that needed to go to the repair shop. I felt insulted. I didn't realize the teacher was saying, 'Make it shine. It's worth it.' Now I see revision as a beautiful word of hope. It's a new vision of something. It means you don't have to be perfect the first time. What a relief!

- Naomi Shihab Nye

topic: Beautiful, Teacher, Writing, Broken Down, Words Of Hope

You never know what little bundle of encouragements artists carry around with them, what little pats on the back from what hands, what newspaper clipping, what word of hope from what teacher. I suppose the so-called faith in ourselves is the foundation of our talent, but I am sure these encouragements are the mortar that holds it together.

- Luciano Pavarotti

topic: Teacher, Encouragement, Artist, Words Of Hope, Bundles

It bothered me in a kind of Charles Manson way to have a brown smear of blood on my wall but I also liked it because every time I looked at it I was reminded that I was, at that very moment, not bleeding from my face. And those are powerful words of hope, really.

- Miriam Toews

topic: Powerful, Wall, Blood, Words Of Hope, Powerful Words

The Beatitudes, far from being a new set of virtues that further divide the religious haves and have nots, are words of hope and healing to those who have been marginalized.

- James Bryan Smith

source: James Bryan Smith (2010). “The Good and Beautiful Life: Putting on the Character of Christ”, p.56, InterVarsity Press

topic: Religious, Healing, Virtue, Marginalized, Haves And Have Nots