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title: "9 Held Hope Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [“He sank into the leather seat and held hope in his heart like a hundred stars.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adriana-trigiani/he-sank-into-the-leather-seat-and-held-hope-in-his-heart-like-a/)

[Adriana Trigiani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adriana-trigiani/)

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> [“Apollo knew well and good that wishes were nothing more than dust held together with hope, impossible to hold and foolish to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annabeth-albert/apollo-knew-well-and-good-that-wishes-were-nothing-more-than-dust/)

[Annabeth Albert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annabeth-albert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/annabeth-albert-8300_apollo_apollo-knew-well-and-good-that-wishes-we_3193300.jpg)

> [We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/we-have-always-held-to-the-hope-the-belief-the-conviction-that-there/)

[Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/)

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> [Even in my despair, I knew in a vague way that the Bible held hope for me in its pages. I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/even-in-my-despair-i-knew-in-a-vague-way-that-the-bible-held-hope-for/)

[Joni Eareckson Tada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-eareckson-tada/)

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> [Even amid the shock of my diagnosis, I held onto the hope that I'd be able to make the most of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/even-amid-the-shock-of-my-diagnosis-i-held-onto-the-hope-that-i-d-be/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

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> [I'm not saying it wouldn't have happened if I'd come to Anfield then (1997), but I always held out hope that I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-keane/i-m-not-saying-it-wouldn-t-have-happened-if-i-d-come-to-anfield-then/)

[Robbie Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-keane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/robbie-keane-26316_anfield_i-m-not-saying-it-wouldn-t-have-happened_2493457.png)

> [“I was where my heart held out hope that someday I would be again. It was the reason I never forgot him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-l-ethington/i-was-where-my-heart-held-out-hope-that-someday-i-would-be-again-it/)

[Rebecca L. Ethington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-l-ethington/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/rebecca-l-ethington-56728_hope_i-was-where-my-heart-held-out-hope-that_3103759.jpg)

> [I saw the sorrow in Daddy's eyes I listened to the sound of Mommy's sighs In my sister, I saw what lingered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guardian/i-saw-the-sorrow-in-daddy-s-eyes-i-listened-to-the-sound-of-mommy-s/)

[Guardian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guardian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/guardian-15546_day-by-day_i-saw-the-sorrow-in-daddy-s-eyes-i-liste_1343421.jpg)

> [Out of sheer stubbornness, I just would keep going - just hoping that at some point something would click. I certainly held…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-dickey/out-of-sheer-stubbornness-i-just-would-keep-going-just-hoping-that-at/)

[R.A. Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-dickey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/r-a-dickey-24700_bigs_out-of-sheer-stubbornness-i-just-would-k_3214881.png)

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