--- title: "13 Feel Hopeful Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Feel Hopeful quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Feel Hopeful sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/may-sarton-897_feels_when-i-am-working-i-immediately-feel-hop_1882856.jpg" --- > [when I am working I immediately feel hopeful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-sarton/when-i-am-working-i-immediately-feel-hopeful/) [May Sarton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/may-sarton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/may-sarton-897_feels_when-i-am-working-i-immediately-feel-hop_1882856.jpg) > [So people are ready. I feel hopeful in that sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/so-people-are-ready-i-feel-hopeful-in-that-sense/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/studs-terkel-3020_feel_so-people-are-ready-i-feel-hopeful-in-th_2559339.jpg) > [People want to feel hopeful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-obama/people-want-to-feel-hopeful/) [Michelle Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/michelle-obama-518_feel_people-want-to-feel-hopeful-3060051_3060051.jpg) > [“all it takes is a shift in perspective to help you see other options and feel hopeful and motivated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerri-l-richardson/all-it-takes-is-a-shift-in-perspective-to-help-you-see-other-options/) [Kerri L. Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerri-l-richardson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/kerri-l-richardson-35258_motivated_all-it-takes-is-a-shift-in-perspective-t_3219016.jpg) > [You have a bigger view, of something bigger than you, and you have to view that and take that in mind. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/you-have-a-bigger-view-of-something-bigger-than-you-and-you-have-to/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/annie-lennox-1546_bigger_you-have-a-bigger-view-of-something-bigg_1444818.jpg) > [You know how some people, when they're together, they somehow make you feel more hopeful? Make you feel like the world is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-wells/you-know-how-some-people-when-they-re-together-they-somehow-make-you/) [Rebecca Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/rebecca-wells-2803_feel_you-know-how-some-people-when-they-re-to_1159717.png) > [If you're not represented, then sometimes you might not feel hopeful and don't feel like you can do something that other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/storm-reid/if-you-re-not-represented-then-sometimes-you-might-not-feel-hopeful/) [Storm Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/storm-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/storm-reid-15097_feel_if-you-re-not-represented-then-sometimes_856424.jpg) > [Escaping into the fantasy of intellectual investigation or narrative story telling makes me feel hopeful. That too is a fiction, but one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-neel/escaping-into-the-fantasy-of-intellectual-investigation-or-narrative/) [Andrew Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-neel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d8/andrew-neel-44170_escaping_escaping-into-the-fantasy-of-intellectua_2551318.jpg) > [Kids feel so strongly about what's going on today and what's happening to the world, and that's very inspiring. I feel more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/kids-feel-so-strongly-about-what-s-going-on-today-and-what-s/) [Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/carl-hiaasen-2926_about_kids-feel-so-strongly-about-what-s-going_733644.png) > [The one thing I feel is very hopeful, however, is the overwhelming participation of women in the movement for change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-suzuki/the-one-thing-i-feel-is-very-hopeful-however-is-the-overwhelming/) [David Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/david-suzuki-1744_change_the-one-thing-i-feel-is-very-hopeful-how_139211.png) > [Pakistan is, I always feel, hopeful. You know, our system of government is not, and the system of foreign policy whereby we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fatima-bhutto/pakistan-is-i-always-feel-hopeful-you-know-our-system-of-government/) [Fatima Bhutto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fatima-bhutto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/fatima-bhutto-30325_democracy_pakistan-is-i-always-feel-hopeful-you-kn_3208853.jpg) > [I have a lot of love to give, and when I give that love and others are able to receive it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-judd/i-have-a-lot-of-love-to-give-and-when-i-give-that-love-and-others-are/) [Ashley Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashley-judd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/ashley-judd-9064_able_i-have-a-lot-of-love-to-give-and-when-i_1662194.jpg) > [“we who are your closest friends feel the time has come to tell you that every Thursday we have been meeting as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-lopate/we-who-are-your-closest-friends-feel-the-time-has-come-to-tell-you/) [Phillip Lopate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-lopate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e8/phillip-lopate-17223_closest-friends_we-who-are-your-closest-friends-feel-the_1375714.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feel-hopeful/#itemlist", "name": "Feel Hopeful Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "when I am working I immediately feel hopeful.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "May Sarton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-sarton/when-i-am-working-i-immediately-feel-hopeful/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/may-sarton-897_feels_when-i-am-working-i-immediately-feel-hop_1882856.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/may-sarton-897_feels_when-i-am-working-i-immediately-feel-hop_1882856.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/may-sarton-897_feels_when-i-am-working-i-immediately-feel-hop_1882856.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“when I am working I immediately feel hopeful.” — May Sarton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So people are ready. 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