Hope Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien

“Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed. (Of Sam)

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“Hope is sometimes fleeting, but always precious. Sad to say, when the battle began, most of my companions had no hope at all.”

— T.A. Barron

“After all this time, he had hope, and then hope was gone, and he hates himself for giving in to hope. He, who exists…

— John Connolly

“His need to be fed, to be cuddled, to be loved was all that prevented her from abandoning hope.”

— Roberta Rich

“Alas, he himself was a man too easily encouraged, too completely seduced by hope, only to be devastated by disappointment. He’d been born to…

— Richard Russo

“and the Prospect of that continued Bliss she expected to share with him, took from her all Remorse for having engaged in an Affair…

— Eliza Haywood

“He could hope for many things, though he had stopped doing so long ago. If one didn't hope, then disappointment didn't visit. Hoping meant…

— Lora Leigh

“Between hope and despair treads a life without love!”

— Manoj Vaz

“Despair requires hope—some faint flicker of belief that things might change. I have none.”

— Jonathan Harnisch

“Some felt that perhaps in his past lay a tragedy with which he had never been able to make his peace, that the only…

— Dean Koontz

“In that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in…

— J.R.R. Tolkien