Hope
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.
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Quotes About Hope
Let these hopeful quotes about the transformative power of optimism serve as a light in the dark and a reminder of the possibility of brighter days ahead.
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Mark Twain
Writer, humorist, and essayist (1835-1910)
Helen Keller
Author, educator, and activist (1880-1968)
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter and self-portraitist (1907-1954)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Humanitarian and former U.S. first lady (1884-1962)
Susan Sontag
Writer and cultural critic (1933-2004)
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet and playwright (1854-1900)
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Abigail Adams
Former U.S. first lady (1744-1818)
Abraham Verghese
Agnes Martin
Abstract painter (1912-2004)
Ai Weiwei
Chinese artist and activist (1957-present)
Albert Camus
French philosopher and author (1913-1960)
Alexander Pope
Alice Cooper
Alice Neel
Alice Walker
Alva Myrdal
Amanda Gorman
Poet, activist, and model (1998-present)
Anaïs Nin
French American diarist and author (1903-1977)
Ann Patchett
Author (1963-present)
Anselm Kiefer
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900-1944)
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Carl Sandburg
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and biographer (1878-1967)
Carrie Mae Weems
Photographer (1953-present)
Celeste Ng
Cesar Chavez
Labor leader and civil rights activist (1927-1993)
Charles Dickens
English novelist (1812-1870)
Charles Kettering
Charlie Chaplin
Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker (1889-1977)
Charlotte Brontë
Author and poet (1816-1855)
Cheryl Strayed
Author (1968-present)
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Colson Whitehead
Confucius
Chinese philosopher and teacher (c. 551-479 BCE)
Cynthia Ozick
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author (1896-1940)
Florence Nightingale
Franz Kafka
Writer (1883-1924)
Fred Rogers
Television host (1928-2003)
Frederick Douglass
Abolitionist and orator (1818-1895)
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter and self-portraitist (1907-1954)
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher and cultural critic (1844–1900)
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Jack Kornfield
Buddhist teacher (1945-present)
Jawaharlal Nehru
Former prime minister of India (1889-1964)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jodi Picoult
Author (1966-present)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
John F. Kennedy
35th U.S. president (1917-1963)
John Steinbeck
Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer (1902-1968)
Joseph Addison
Joseph Campbell
Author and professor (1904-1987)
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Madame de Staël
Madeleine L'Engle
Author (1918-2007)
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani activist and Nobel Prize winner (1997-present)
Malcolm X
Muslim minister and human rights activist (1925-1965)
Marcus Aurelius
Roman emperor (121-180 CE)
Marilynne Robinson
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer (1943-present)
Mark Twain
Writer, humorist, and essayist (1835-1910)
Marsha P. Johnson
LGBTQ+ activist (1945-1992)
Mary Tyler Moore
Actress and producer (1936-2017)
Mignon McLaughlin
Miles Davis
Jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1926-1991)
Méret Oppenheim
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Salvador Dalí
Seneca
Ancient Roman philosopher (c. 4 BCE-65 CE)
Sharon Salzberg
Author and meditation pioneer (1952-present)
Sigmund Freud
Stanley Kubrick
Stephen Hawking
English theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1942-2018)
Stephen King
Author of horror novels (1947-present)
Sue Stuart-Smith
Susan Sontag
Writer and cultural critic (1933-2004)
Sylvia Plath
Poet and novelist (1932-1963)
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