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title: "8 Hope Virtue Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Hope Virtue quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Hope Virtue sayings and thoughts."
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> [“We are ready to despair too soon, we are ready to say, ‘What’s the good of doing anything?’ Hope is the virtue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/we-are-ready-to-despair-too-soon-we-are-ready-to-say-what-s-the-good/)

[Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/)

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> [Let Christ turn your natural optimism into Christian hope, your energy into moral virtue, your good will into genuine self-sacrificin g love!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/let-christ-turn-your-natural-optimism-into-christian-hope-your-energy/)

[Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/)

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> [“Charity is the power of defending that which we know to be indefensible. Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/charity-is-the-power-of-defending-that-which-we-know-to-be/)

[G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/)

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> [“Hope is 'that virtue by which we take responsibility for the future.' Not just responsibility for our individual futures but also for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyanda-lynn-haupt/hope-is-that-virtue-by-which-we-take-responsibility-for-the-future/)

[Lyanda Lynn Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyanda-lynn-haupt/)

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> [Hope is a horrible thing, you know. I don't know who decided to package hope as a virtue because it's not. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-patchett/hope-is-a-horrible-thing-you-know-i-don-t-know-who-decided-to-package/)

[Ann Patchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-patchett/)

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> [“Hope is a virtue independently of its realisations; it is an intrinsic value, an end in itself, allied to courage and imagination,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-c-grayling/hope-is-a-virtue-independently-of-its-realisations-it-is-an-intrinsic/)

[A.C. Grayling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-c-grayling/)

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> [“…hope is 'that virtue by which we take responsibility for the future.' ...hope is our positive orientation toward the future, a future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyanda-lynn-haupt/hope-is-that-virtue-by-which-we-take-responsibility-for-the-future-2/)

[Lyanda Lynn Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyanda-lynn-haupt/)

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> [Hope should no more be a virtue than fear; we fear and we hope, according to what is promised or threatened us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/hope-should-no-more-be-a-virtue-than-fear-we-fear-and-we-hope/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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