Alive Quote by Erik Erikson

Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope…

— Anonymous

Hope is rooted in the trustworthiness of God.

— Alister E. McGrath

“Optimism can be thought of as a cheery disposition to always look on the bright side of life, even despite the evidence. It is…

— Roman Krznaric

Hope is the enduring belief in the attainability of fervent wishes, in spite of the dark urges and rages which mark the beginning of…

— Erik Erikson

“Hope is one of our central emotions, but we are often at a loss when asked to define it. Many of us confuse hope…

— Jerome Groopman

“Hope starts as a promise made to yourself, the first drop of rain in a parched land, the first step onto dry earth for…

— Christopher Hawke

“The word hope first appeared in English about a thousand years ago, denoting some combination of confidence and desire. But what I desired—life—was not…

— Paul Kalanithi

“....hope is 'that virtue by which we take responsibility for the future.' ...hope is our positive orientation toward the future, a future in which…

— Lyanda Lynn Haupt

“Hope is a virtue independently of its realisations; it is an intrinsic value, an end in itself, allied to courage and imagination, a positive…

— A.C. Grayling

Hope is practiced through the virtue of patience, which continues to do good even in the face of apparent failure, and through the virtue…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The theological virtue of hope is the patient and trustful willingness to live without closure, without resolution, and still be content and even happy…

— Richard Rohr

But hope has an astonishing resilience and strength. Its very persistence in our hearts indicates that it is not a tonic for wishful thinkers…

— Kathleen Norris