--- title: "16 Hope Isn Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 16 Hope Isn quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Hope Isn sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/demetri-martin-511_hope_love-is-and-i-hope-it-never-isn-t-231804_231804.jpg" --- > [Love is, and I hope it never isn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demetri-martin/love-is-and-i-hope-it-never-isn-t/) [Demetri Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demetri-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/demetri-martin-511_hope_love-is-and-i-hope-it-never-isn-t-231804_231804.jpg) > [Hope isn't the kind of thing that you can say either exists or doesn't exist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lara-flores/hope-isn-t-the-kind-of-thing-that-you-can-say-either-exists-or-doesn/) [Lara Flores](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lara-flores/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/lara-flores-8758_exist_hope-isn-t-the-kind-of-thing-that-you-ca_503042.jpg) > [“Hope isn't a wish or a dream – hope is a way of thinking and it's a way of living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-bixler/hope-isn-t-a-wish-or-a-dream-hope-is-a-way-of-thinking-and-it-s-a-way/) [Heather Bixler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-bixler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/heather-bixler-27025_dreams_hope-isn-t-a-wish-or-a-dream-hope-is-a-w_355308.jpg) > [“I'm beginning to think that to hope isn't the same as to expect something. To hope is to believe that life is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goenawan-mohamad/i-m-beginning-to-think-that-to-hope-isn-t-the-same-as-to-expect/) [Goenawan Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goenawan-mohamad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/goenawan-mohamad-3736_chaos_i-m-beginning-to-think-that-to-hope-isn_1776312.jpg) > [Maybe hope isn't the most dangerous thing a person can have. Maybe love is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/maybe-hope-isn-t-the-most-dangerous-thing-a-person-can-have-maybe/) [Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/lauren-destefano-892_dangerous_maybe-hope-isn-t-the-most-dangerous-thin_1257280.png) > [...maybe hope isn't such a bad thing. Maybe it's what keeps us together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/maybe-hope-isn-t-such-a-bad-thing-maybe-it-s-what-keeps-us-together/) [Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/lauren-destefano-892_bad-thing_maybe-hope-isn-t-such-a-bad-thing-maybe_1845803.png) > [For me hope isn't wishful thinking or blind faith about the future. It's a stance toward life - one of curiosity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-moore-lapp/for-me-hope-isn-t-wishful-thinking-or-blind-faith-about-the-future-it/) [Frances Moore Lappé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-moore-lapp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/frances-moore-lapp-4271_blind_for-me-hope-isn-t-wishful-thinking-or-bl_2880834.png) > [Hope isn't destiny. Left passive its nothing more than disappointment deferred](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/hope-isn-t-destiny-left-passive-its-nothing-more-than-disappointment/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/anonymous-1_destiny_hope-isn-t-destiny-left-passive-its-noth_2126812.jpg) > [“Hope isn't about waiting for our desires to be fulfilled. Hope is knowing the Holy Spirit and leaning into His presence that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-bixler/hope-isn-t-about-waiting-for-our-desires-to-be-fulfilled-hope-is/) [Heather Bixler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-bixler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94b/heather-bixler-27025_god-is-good_hope-isn-t-about-waiting-for-our-desires_1172448.jpg) > [Hope isn't an abstract theory about where human aspirations end and the impossible begins; it's a never-ending experiment, continually expanding the boundaries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rogat-loeb/hope-isn-t-an-abstract-theory-about-where-human-aspirations-end-and/) [Paul Rogat Loeb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rogat-loeb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/paul-rogat-loeb-43829_abstract_hope-isn-t-an-abstract-theory-about-wher_1017971.png) > [“To live for the hope of something isn’t really living at all, and so, like a child putting away its toys and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-a-rayner/to-live-for-the-hope-of-something-isn-t-really-living-at-all-and-so/) [Mark A. Rayner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-a-rayner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/mark-a-rayner-56917_ash_to-live-for-the-hope-of-something-isn-t_2579695.jpg) > [“Hope, however, isn't all that's needed to achieve change. Hope is a hand extended, but two hands are required to be pulled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/hope-however-isn-t-all-that-s-needed-to-achieve-change-hope-is-a-hand/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/dean-koontz-118_achieve_hope-however-isn-t-all-that-s-needed-to_2300994.jpg) > [“And that's the most frustrating thing about depression. It isn't always something you can fight back against with hope. It isn't even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allie-brosh/and-that-s-the-most-frustrating-thing-about-depression-it-isn-t/) [Allie Brosh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allie-brosh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11e/allie-brosh-12906_depression_and-that-s-the-most-frustrating-thing-ab_671349.jpg) > [If you know that life is basically going to be horrendously difficult, at best, and all but unlivable at worst, or possibly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-kushner/if-you-know-that-life-is-basically-going-to-be-horrendously-difficult/) [Tony Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-kushner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/tony-kushner-2204_basically_if-you-know-that-life-is-basically-going_1805215.jpg) > [I'd almost say hope isn't what it used to be. It's very difficult today to be a teacher. I speak to children.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/i-d-almost-say-hope-isn-t-what-it-used-to-be-it-s-very-difficult/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/752/elie-wiesel-341_children_i-d-almost-say-hope-isn-t-what-it-used-t_569259.jpg) > [“He shook his head again. “I’m afraid I don’t feel much of anything these days. Especially not hope. I have no time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-strnad/he-shook-his-head-again-i-m-afraid-i-don-t-feel-much-of-anything/) [Josh Strnad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-strnad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/josh-strnad-100790_better-things_he-shook-his-head-again-i-m-afraid-i-don_144714.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope-isn/#itemlist", "name": "Hope Isn Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love is, and I hope it never isn't.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Demetri Martin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demetri-martin/love-is-and-i-hope-it-never-isn-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/demetri-martin-511_hope_love-is-and-i-hope-it-never-isn-t-231804_231804.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/demetri-martin-511_hope_love-is-and-i-hope-it-never-isn-t-231804_231804.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/demetri-martin-511_hope_love-is-and-i-hope-it-never-isn-t-231804_231804.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love is, and I hope it never isn't.” — Demetri Martin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hope isn't the kind of thing that you can say either exists or doesn't exist", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lara Flores" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lara-flores/hope-isn-t-the-kind-of-thing-that-you-can-say-either-exists-or-doesn/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/lara-flores-8758_exist_hope-isn-t-the-kind-of-thing-that-you-ca_503042.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/lara-flores-8758_exist_hope-isn-t-the-kind-of-thing-that-you-ca_503042.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/lara-flores-8758_exist_hope-isn-t-the-kind-of-thing-that-you-ca_503042.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hope isn't the kind of thing that you can say either exists or doesn't exist” — Lara Flores", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Hope isn't a wish or a dream – hope is a way of thinking and it's a way of living.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Heather Bixler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-bixler/hope-isn-t-a-wish-or-a-dream-hope-is-a-way-of-thinking-and-it-s-a-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/heather-bixler-27025_dreams_hope-isn-t-a-wish-or-a-dream-hope-is-a-w_355308.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/heather-bixler-27025_dreams_hope-isn-t-a-wish-or-a-dream-hope-is-a-w_355308.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/heather-bixler-27025_dreams_hope-isn-t-a-wish-or-a-dream-hope-is-a-w_355308.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hope isn't a wish or a dream – hope is a way of thinking and it's a way of living.” — Heather Bixler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I'm beginning to think that to hope isn't the same as to expect something. 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Hope is a hand extended, but two hands are required to be pulled out of this deep hole. The second hand was faith...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dean Koontz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/hope-however-isn-t-all-that-s-needed-to-achieve-change-hope-is-a-hand/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/dean-koontz-118_achieve_hope-however-isn-t-all-that-s-needed-to_2300994.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/dean-koontz-118_achieve_hope-however-isn-t-all-that-s-needed-to_2300994.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/dean-koontz-118_achieve_hope-however-isn-t-all-that-s-needed-to_2300994.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hope, however, isn't all that's needed to achieve change. 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