Bittersweet Quote by Anne Carson

“Hope is the grace of endurance in the stormy days.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air.

— Thomas Merton

“without hope, what is to sustain life, but the fear of annihilation—the only thing of which I have ever felt a dread—I cannot bear…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Hope is the joyful anticipation of good.

— Bill Johnson

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast," and is as necessary to life as the act of breathing.

— Lewis Howard Latimer

Hope is in some respects a thing more brilliant, more vivifying, than fruition. What we have looked forward to with eager and earnest aspiration…

— William Godwin

It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyments of this.

— Francis Atterbury

“ So all is not lost I tell myself; therefore nothing being totally lost, nothing is lost. Something like the courage to be happy…

— Hélène Cixous

There are also times in life when a person has to rush off in pursuit of hopefulness.

— Jean Giono

“It’s the pure excitement of the find combined with the golden possibilities of what-may-be; one of bated breath, thundering heart,damp palms, and trembling limbs;…

— Karen Hawkins

“Let us not hesitate to surrender to our desire and our passion for joy when we are willing to be reborn from the ashes…

— Erik Pevernagie

“Yet something else trickles in between the cracks of this despairing thought. The hope of something to fill that emptiness. The hope that, perhaps,…

— Ashlee Willis