CURATED COLLECTION

Holding On to Hope in Dark Times

Hope is not naivety — it is the refusal to give the darkness the final word.

50 quotes found

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Even in the darkest times, the desire for light persists. That is hope.

—Ferreira GullarPoet & Critic

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

—Desmond TutuTheologian

Contemporary ERA • Southern Africa

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Far better it is to have a stout heart and a poor hope than none at all.

—HerodotusHistorian

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Hope is not an illusion; it is the stubborn refusal to surrender.

—Claribel AlegríaPoet & Novelist

Late Modern ERA • Central America

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It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.

—Angela DavisActivist & Philosopher

Digital Age ERA • North America

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I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

—Charles DickensNovelist & Critic

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Even in the darkest corners, hope flickers. We must nurture it, guard it fiercely.

—Manjula PadmanabhanAuthor & Playwright

Late Modern ERA • South Asia

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Even in the darkest cell, hope is a light that can never be extinguished.

—Armando ValladaresPoet

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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The light of hope always shines even in the darkest corners of despair.

—Ba JinNovelist & Thinker

Early Modern ERA • East Asia

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Hope is a fragile bird, but its song can shatter stone.

—Marjorie AgosínPoet & Activist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Hope is a small thing, but it keeps us alive.

—Juan RulfoNovelist, Writer & Author

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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We must never give up on our dreams for a more peaceful, just world.

—Ban Ki-moonDiplomat & General

Digital Age ERA • East Asia

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The longest way must have an end. The darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

—Harriet Beecher StoweAbolitionist & Author

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken‑winged bird that cannot fly.

—Langston HughesPoet & Activist

Early Modern ERA • North America

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Hope is not the conviction that things will go well, but that they are worth doing.

—Václav HavelPlaywright, Essayist & President

Late Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

—Percy Bysshe ShelleyPoet & Thinker

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Though we suffer, a day of reckoning and justice will surely come.

—Te Kooti Arikirangi Te TūrukiProphet

Industrial Age ERA • Oceania

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On this land, there is what makes life worth living.

—Mahmoud DarwishPoet

Contemporary ERA • MENA

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Hope is not a lottery ticket. It is an action.

—Leymah GboweeActivist

Contemporary ERA • West Africa

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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out.

—Václav HavelPlaywright, Essayist & President

Late Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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