Deferred Quote by Joshua Wolf Shenk

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick” (Prov. 13:12).”

— Henry Cloud

“Hope is not mere optimism; rather, it is moving forward in anticipation of redemption in spite of the improbability of rescue.”

— Dan B. Allender

“the unbearable persistence of hope”

— Barbara Kingsolver

Hope is a dream deferred.

— Jennifer Stone

“Lose of hope leads to discouragement.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“When one has been disappointed for so long, hope becomes the enemy. One cannot be dashed to the earth unless one is lifted first,…

— Robin Hobb

“Hope often suffers a grueling death on the crags of reality”

— Rory Sargeant

“To keep false hopes is to prolong misery.”

— Amy Tan

“Bursts of hope make despair harder to live with.”

— Bethany Griffin

“Hope criticizes what is, hopelessness rationalizes it. Hope resists, hopelessness adapts.”

— William Sloane Coffin

“What is false about hope?”

— Mitch Albom

“Fake hope would only serve up more disappointment later.”

— Brenda Novak