--- title: "8 Hope Requires Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Hope Requires quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Hope Requires sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/chris-hedges-2131_hope_hope-has-a-cost-hope-is-not-comfortable_98907.png" --- > [“Hope has a cost. Hope is not comfortable or easy. Hope requires personal risk. It is not about the right attitude. Hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hedges/hope-has-a-cost-hope-is-not-comfortable-or-easy-hope-requires/) [Chris Hedges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hedges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/chris-hedges-2131_hope_hope-has-a-cost-hope-is-not-comfortable_98907.png) > [I take pleasure in tennis and the hope that it requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/i-take-pleasure-in-tennis-and-the-hope-that-it-requires/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d27/rafael-nadal-1804_hope_i-take-pleasure-in-tennis-and-the-hope-t_120649.png) > [Hope requires a very careful symbolization. It must not be expressed too fully in the present tense because hope one can touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/hope-requires-a-very-careful-symbolization-it-must-not-be-expressed/) [Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/walter-brueggemann-9698_age_hope-requires-a-very-careful-symbolizati_423126.jpg) > [“Despair demands less of us, it’s more predictable, and in a sad way safer. Authentic hope requires clarity—seeing the troubles in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/despair-demands-less-of-us-it-s-more-predictable-and-in-a-sad-way/) [Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-solnit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/rebecca-solnit-569_authentic_despair-demands-less-of-us-it-s-more-pre_1258978.png) > [“Hope requires the contender Who sees no virtue in surrender. From the cradle to the bier, The heart must persevere. —The Book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/hope-requires-the-contender-who-sees-no-virtue-in-surrender-from-the/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/dean-koontz-118_books_hope-requires-the-contender-who-sees-no_1678280.jpg) > [“Bush invited his constituency to be blind to the world's real problems, and leftists often do the opposite, gazing so fixedly at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/bush-invited-his-constituency-to-be-blind-to-the-world-s-real/) [Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-solnit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/rebecca-solnit-569_activism_bush-invited-his-constituency-to-be-blin_1702095.png) > [We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kennedy/we-actually-believe-in-hope-but-hope-requires-purpose-and-purpose/) [Charles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/charles-kennedy-2998_believe_we-actually-believe-in-hope-but-hope-req_2003738.png) > [“It's having hope which requires having guts. So wear your heart on your sleeve and if it bleeds, let it, so long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juhani-aho/it-s-having-hope-which-requires-having-guts-so-wear-your-heart-on/) [Juhani Aho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juhani-aho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/juhani-aho-69842_having-hope_it-s-having-hope-which-requires-having-g_2925018.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope-requires/#itemlist", "name": "Hope Requires Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Hope has a cost. Hope is not comfortable or easy. Hope requires personal risk. It is not about the right attitude. Hope is not about peace of mind. Hope is action. Hope is doing something. The more futile, the more useless, the more irrelevant and incomprehensible an act of rebellion is, the vaster and more potent hope becomes. 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