Hope Quotes

"Hope will never be silent."

- Harvey Milk

"The world has caught up with me and I’m a living witness that dreams do come true, even if they aren’t the ones you start out with."

- Billy Porter

"Difficult roads can lead to beautiful destinations."

- Kia Wynn

"There's always hope beyond what you see."

- Cora Connor

"I couldn’t change my metastatic breast cancer diagnosis, but I could control my mindset. There might not be a cure (yet!), but there is always hope. Today, tomorrow, and every day after. I trust in research and new treatments, and I trust in the timing of my life."

- Paige Stables

"Even with the best possible scans, my cancer is still considered incurable—although I live with tremendous hope that may change one day. The word 'incurable' initially petrified me because we are often led to believe cancer patients are either curable or terminal. But incurable disease can still be treatable, and there exists a third lane in between cured and terminal that is full of hope, meaning, and purpose. That’s the lane I’m in, one in which I’m thriving and living my best life—not only in spite of metastatic breast cancer, but also because of it."

- Sally Joy Wolf

"The next generation is so far advanced over us ... I love that a lot of younger people now come out that would never have come out in the old days. Of course, they are born into a community already. They just have to discover it, whereas we were still building it."

- Edith Windsor

"Our community is not a monolith, thank goodness, any more than America itself is. I look forward to and will continue to work toward the day when America recognizes all of us as full and equal citizens."

- Cynthia Nixon

"Recovery doesn’t mean putting your life on hold. Recovery means holding on so you can live your best life."

- Brittany Burgunder

"By keeping an open mind, sooner or later, we find the help we need."

- Narcotics Anonymous Fellowship

"Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times. Real hope combined with doing nothing has never pulled me through."

- Jenni Schaefer

"I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it."

- Ann Richards

"Recovery does not mean putting your life on hold. Recovery means holding on so you can live your best life."

- Brittany Burgunder

"I wish I could tell every young girl with an eating disorder, or who has harmed herself in any way, that she’s worthy of life and that her life has meaning. You can overcome and get through anything"

- Demi Lovato

"There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn’t matter anymore."

- Laurie Halse Anderson

"All the world is full with suffering. It is also full with overcoming."

- Helen Keller

"Difficult times are temporary and better days are ahead. Lows are a natural part of the recovery journey and do not define your worth or identity."

- Nikki Banas

"The darkest hour is always the one before the dawn."

"The future is trans."

"Celebrate Trans Pride."

"Your dreams don't have an expiration date. Take a deep breath and try again."

"Even the darkest hour only has 60 minutes."

"Even the worst depressive episodes won’t last forever."

"When your depression says, “Give up”, hope whispers, “Try one more time”."

"Please remember that having a bad day does not mean you have – or will have – a bad life."

"Hope is one of the most powerful emotions a person can have. Combine it with determination and there’s no stopping you."

"Just because you’re going through a rough patch, it doesn’t mean you always will be. Recovery is possible. We promise you."

"Mental illness is NOT a life sentence."

"When your depression tells you that it’s impossible to be free of it, it is LYING!"

"Difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations."