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Hope And Literature Quotes About Overcoming Adversity

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.
Emily Dickinson

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
Ernest Hemingway

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Maya Angelou

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Louisa May Alcott

Believe you can and you're halfway there.
Theodore Roosevelt

The only way out is through.
Robert Frost

When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.
Haruki Murakami

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas Edison

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
Maya Angelou

Hope And Literature Quotes About Finding Strength In Difficult Times

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

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
Maya Angelou

The wound is the place where the light enters you.
Rumi

I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The best way out is always through.
Robert Frost

We are all broken, that's how the light gets in.
Ernest Hemingway

Hope And Literature Quotes About The Power Of Imagination

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
Albert Einstein

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.
Emily Dickinson

The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.
William Blake

The power of imagination makes us infinite.
John Muir

Hope is a force of nature. Don't let anyone tell you different.
Jim Butcher

Imagination is the golden-eyed monster that never sleeps. It must be fed; it cannot be ignored.
Patricia A. McKillip

Hope is the dream of a waking man.
Aristotle

Imagination is the true magic carpet.
Norman Vincent Peale

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.
Suzanne Collins

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will.
George Bernard Shaw

Hope And Literature Quotes About Perseverance And Determination

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
Stephen Covey

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
Julie Andrews

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Steve Jobs

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Confucius

Hope And Literature Quotes About The Role Of Literature In Inspiring Hope

The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.
T.S. Eliot

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
T.S. Eliot

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.
Boris Pasternak

The very least you can do in your life is to 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

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
G.K. Chesterton

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
J.R.R. Tolkien

The only way to deal with fear is to face it head-on.
J.K. Rowling

Hope And Literature Quotes About The Connection Between Hope And Creativity

Hope is the thing that holds you tight, when all else has faded.
J.D. Stroube

Hope is the thing that comes in the darkest of nights to lead us to the dawn.
M. L. Stedman

Hope is the thing that makes you feel that tomorrow will be better than today.
Unknown

Hope is the thing that drives us forward, even when the road ahead is uncertain.
Barack Obama

Hope is the thing that keeps us going, even when the odds are against us.
Nelson Mandela

Hope is the thing that gives us the courage to take the first step, even when we can't see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Hope is the thing that inspires us to create, to dream, to imagine a better world.
Unknown

Hope And Literature Quotes About The Universality Of Hope In Literature

Hope is the thing that comes in the darkest of nights to lead you to the brightest of days.
Cordelia Dinsmore

Hope is the thing that makes us believe that tomorrow will be better than today.
Unknown

Hope is the thing that keeps us going, even when the road ahead seems impossible.
John Green

Hope is the thing that gives us the strength to fight for what we believe in.
Veronica Roth

Hope And Literature Quotes About The Impact Of Hope On Mental Health

Hope is a powerful thing. Some say it’s a different breed of magic altogether. Elusive, difficult to hold on to. But not much is needed.
Stephanie Garber

Hope is the thing that makes you go on even when it hurts.
Anonymous

Hope is the thing that makes us strong in the face of adversity. It gives us the courage to go on and face our fears.
Anonymous

Hope is the light that shines in the darkness, guiding us through the storm.
Anonymous

Hope is the anchor that keeps us steady in the midst of life's storms.
Anonymous

Hope is the heartbeat of the soul.
Michelle Horst

Hope is the thing that keeps us going, even when everything else seems lost.
Anonymous

Hope And Literature Quotes About The Relationship Between Hope And Faith

Hope is a waking dream.
Aristotle

Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.
Samuel Smiles

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.
Robert Green Ingersoll

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
Helen Keller

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.
Max Lucado

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
Rabindranath Tagore

Faith is the art of holding on to things in spite of your changing moods and circumstances.
C.S. Lewis

Hope And Literature Quotes About The Beauty Of Second Chances

No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.
Buddha

The only way to do it is to do it again.
Mercedes Lackey

The future is not set, there is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

It's never too late to be what you might have been.
George Eliot

The best way to predict your future is to create it.
Abraham Lincoln

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
Unknown

The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come.
Unknown

Hope And Literature Quotes About The Importance Of Community

We are all in this together and we will get through this, together.
Antonio Guterres

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Helen Keller

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
Coretta Scott King

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
Herman Melville

We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.
Marianne Williamson

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts

We must all hang together, or assuredly, we shall all hang separately.
Benjamin Franklin

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
Morrie Schwartz

We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.
Gwendolyn Brooks

We are not a team because we work together. We are a team because we respect, trust and care for each other.
Vala Afshar

Hope And Literature Quotes About The Resilience Of The Human Spirit

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.
C.C. Scott

The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.
Marjorie Pay Hinckley

I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I'm still here. I have a history of victory.
Steve Maraboli

The human spirit is one of ability, perseverance, and courage that no disability can steal away.
Nick Vujicic

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it, there are many dark places; but still, there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
J.R.R. Tolkien

The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hope And Literature Quotes About The Transformative Power Of Hope

Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.
G.K. Chesterton

Hope is the thing that grows in the cracks.
Lena Waithe

Hope is the thing that holds you tight, the thing that whispers, 'keep going'.
Lang Leav

Hope is the thing that makes you believe that tomorrow will be better than today.
Unknown

Hope is the thing that makes us strong in the face of adversity.
Unknown

Hope is the thing that gives us the courage to take the first step.
Unknown

Hope is the thing that makes us human.
Unknown

Hope And Literature Quotes About The Role Of Hope In Shaping The Future

Hope is the thing that made us great, that made us take risks, that made us explore, that made us create civilizations.
Margaret Atwood

Hope is the thing that makes us resilient, that makes us believe that tomorrow can be better than today.
Barack Obama

Hope is the thing that drives us forward, that inspires us to be better, to do better, to create a better world.
Malala Yousafzai

Hope is the thing that gives us strength, that helps us to overcome adversity, that helps us to persevere.
Nelson Mandela

Hope is the thing that makes us human, that makes us strive for something better, that makes us believe in a brighter future.
Stephen Hawking

Hope And Literature Quotes About The Enduring Nature Of Hope In Literature

Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
Martin Luther

Hope is the thing that stays with you when everything else is gone.
Susane Colasanti

Hope is the thing that holds you tight, grips you by the hand, and whispers in your ear: Keep going. Keep going. Don't stop. Don't ever stop.
John Green

Hope is the thing that makes us strong in the face of adversity, that gives us the courage to stand up and fight for what we believe in.
Unknown

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