100 Inspirational Quotes About Strength and Hope to Uplift Your Spirit

"Courage isn't having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don't have the strength."

- Napoleon Bonaparte

"But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster."

- Dalai Lama XIV

"Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again."

- Nelson Mandela

"We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless."

- G.K. Chesterton

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it."

- Maya Angelou

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all."

- Emily Dickinson

"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure."

- Peter Marshall

"Life is very interesting…in the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths."

- Drew Barrymore

"You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."

- Marcus Aurelius

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."

- Maya Angelou

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."

- Kahlil Gibran

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."

- Ernest Hemingway

"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice."

- Bob Marley

"We must accept infinite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us."

- Samuel Smiles

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."

- Christopher Reeve

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

- Helen Keller

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Oliver Goldsmith

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

- Dale Carnegie

"For I know the plans I have for you, they are plans for good and not disaster, to give you a future and a hope"

- Jeremiah 29:11

"Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power."

- Lao Tzu

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble."

- Psalm 46:1

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."

- Biblical quote

"May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you."

- Psalm 33:22

"Isaiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you. Do not dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you & help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

- Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)

"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…It’s about learning to dance in the rain."

- Vivian Greene

"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."

- Psalm 34:18

"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds, and diamonds are made under pressure."

- Peter Marshall

"Let nothing trouble you, let nothing frighten you. All things are passing; God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who possesses God lacks nothing. God alone suffices."

- St. Teresa of Avila

"This is the day the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and be glad in it."

- Psalm 118:24

"God didn’t promise days without pain… laughter without sorrow…. sun without rain. But He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way."

- Author Unknown

"Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxiety on him because he cares for you!"

- 1 Peter 5:6-7

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

"Where there is no struggle, there is no strength."

- Oprah Winfrey

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."

- Albert Camus

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm."

- Emily Dickinson

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

- Philippians 4:13

"Once you choose hope, anything’s possible."

- Christopher Reeve

"We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward."

- Isabel Allende

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'"

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power and love"

- 2 Timothy 1:7

"God didn’t promise days without pain, Laughter without sorrow, Sun without rain, But He did promise strength for the day, Comfort for tears, and Light for the way."

- Author Unknown

"When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer."

- Corrie ten Boom

"IF YOU’RE GOING THROUGH HELL, KEEP GOING."

- Winston Churchill

"Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway."

- John Wayne

"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way."

- Viktor E. Frankl

"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."

- Albert Camus

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us."

- Helen Keller

"The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof."

- Barbara Kingsolver

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

- Desmond Tutu

"Hope. It’s like a drop of honey, a field of tulips blooming in the springtime. It’s a fresh rain, a whispered promise, a cloudless sky, the perfect punctuation mark at the end of a sentence. And it’s the only thing in the world keeping me afloat."

- Tahereh Mafi

"Be faithful in small things, because it is in them that your strength lies."

- Mother Teresa

"When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreperably broken.”"

- John Green

"I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains."

- Anne Frank

"Everything that is done in this world is done by hope."

- Martin Luther

"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something."

- Howard Zinn

"There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope."

- Bernard Williams

"Remember: hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."

- Stephen King

"Hope is the last thing ever lost."

- Italian Proverb

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."

- Maya Angelou

"Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles."

- Samuel Smiles

"Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."

- Jonas Salk

"Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers."

- Robert Green Ingersoll

"There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in."

- Leonard Cohen

"It's your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life's story will develop."

- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure."

- Winston Churchill

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear."

- Ambrose Redmoon

"Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't – surrender to events with hope."

- Alain de Botton

"No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That's the only way to keep the roads clear."

- Greg Kincaid

"We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided."

- J.K. Rowling

"Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly."

- Robert F. Kennedy

"Someone I once loved gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift."

- Mary Oliver

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven't."

- Thomas A. Edison

"It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done."

- Vincent van Gogh

"Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time."

- Maya Angelou

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Confucius

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."

- Victor Hugo

"My burden is heavy, but my yoke is light."

- Biblical quote

"There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast."

- Charles Dickens

"You don’t need to see the whole staircase; just take the first step."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Never give up. Have hope. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"Love is patient, love is kind, love never fails."

- Biblical quote

"I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."

- Audrey Hepburn

"Life is not the way it’s supposed to be, it’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference."

- Virginia Satir

"Amidst the darkness, light persists."

- Gandhi

"Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark."

- Rabindranath Tagore

"Hope lives in those who believe in it."

- Buddha

"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness."

- Viktor E. Frankl

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have Only today. Let us begin."

- Mother Teresa

"We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free."

- Kavita Ramdas

"Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat."

- Ralph Ellison

"The warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires, and he makes these decisions with courage, detachment, and-sometimes- with just a touch of madness."

- Paulo Coelho

"You may see me struggle, but never will you see me quit. There’s a whole lot of awesomeness out there in this world."

- Rich Lieberman

"I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that remains."

- Anne Frank

"Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you results. Sometimes one pays most for things one gets for nothing."

- Albert Einstein

"Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life."

- J.K. Rowling

"Hope is a waking dream."

- Aristotle

"We will either find a way, or make one."

- Anibal Barca

"Grief and resilience live together."

- Michelle Obama

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

- Lao Tzu

"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."

- Edmund Hillary

"The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance."

- Jodi Picoult

"It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even by death, and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment."

- Bram Stoker

"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Remember: Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up."

- Rocky Balboa

"Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems."

- Gever Tulley

"And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear."

- Paulo Coelho

"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained."

- Marie Curie

"Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong."

- Muhammad Ali

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."

- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it."

- Michael Jordan

"When you are struggling and start thinking about giving up, remember the power of hope."

- Michelle Obama

"Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see."

- Hebrews 11:1

"We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We are stronger, gentler, more resilient, and more beautiful than any of us imagine."

- Mark Nepo

"Stay hopeful; you never know what tomorrow will bring."

- Buddha

"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"When you go through deep waters I will be with you."

- Isaiah 43:2

"If there’s life, there is hope."

- Stephen Hawking

"I don’t know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future."

- Ralph Abernathy

"Once you choose hope, everything is possible."

- Christopher Reeve

"We grieve because we love. The intensity of the grief often proclaims the depth of our love."

- Gary Roe

"The forces that are for you are greater than the forces against you."

- Joel Osteen

"And sometimes, against all odds, against all logic, we still hope."

- Ellen Pompeo

"Let my love like sunlight surround you and yet give you illumined freedom."

- Rabindranath Tagore

"Our way is not soft grass; it’s a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the sun."

- Ruth Westheimer

"What makes you different or weird, that's your strength."

- Meryl Streep

"Courage doesn’t always come with a roar. Sometimes courage is that quiet voice at the end of the day that says, “I will try again tomorrow.”"

- Author Unknown

"Hope is the only thing stronger than fear."

- President Snow

"Hope is a passion for the possible."

- Søren Kierkegaard

"Every day think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it."

- Dalai Lama XIV

"I lift my eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help, my help cometh from the Lord."

- Psalms 121:1

"Choose to be ready for eternity—today. When the worst that can happen to you leads to the best that can happen to you, fear is vanquished and hope reigns supreme."

- Jim Dennison

"God does not give us what we can handle, But He helps us handle what we are given."

- Unknown Author

"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn."

- Borland

"Sharing three favorites (let us hope to continue evolving in these ways to radiate healing): —“What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.” –George Eliot"

- George Eliot

"When walking through the valley of shadows, remember, a shadow is cast by a light."

- H. K. Barclay

"Optimist, someone who figures that taking a step backwards after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it’s cha cha."

- Robert Brault

"What are we here for if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"

- George Eliot

"Hope never abandons you; you abandon it."

- George Weinberg

"You’re full of unshaped dreams. You’re laden with beginnings. There’s hope for you."

- Lola Ridge

"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."

- Seneca

"He conquers who endures."

- Persius

"You can cut all the flowers, but you can’t keep Spring from coming."

- Pablo Neruda

"We are shaped and fashioned by what we love."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"To live without hope is to cease to live."

- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists."

- Japanese Proverb

"It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous – even death is terrible only if we fear it."

- Epictetus

"Out of difficulties grow miracles."

- Jean de La Bruyère

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

- Confucius

"Through perseverance, many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure."

- Benjamin Disraeli

"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."

- Samuel Johnson

"Energy and persistence conquer all things."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it the Present."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"A brave man acknowledges the strength of others."

- Veronica Roth

"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it."

- Toni Morrison

"Courage is found in unlikely places."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"Nothing is more beautiful than the smile that has struggled through the tears."

- Demi Lovato

"Barn’s burnt down — Now I can see the moon."

- Poem by Mizuta Masahide

"Love many; trust few. Learn to paddle your own canoe."

- American Proverb

"All our infirmities, whatever they are, are just opportunities for God to display his gracious work in us."

- C.H. Spurgeon

"Tough times never last, but tough people do!"

- Robert Schuller

"There is a destiny that makes us brothers, none goes his way alone, all that we send into the lives of others — comes back into our own."

- Edwin Markham

"Joy shared is doubled; pain shared is halved. Thus we refute entropy."

- Spider Robinson

"If you expect life to be fair, you will be sadly disappointed"

- J.F. Kennedy

"No matter where you are on your journey, this is exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will come to you in abundance."

- Steve Maraboli

"Do not fight darkness; bring the light, and darkness will disappear."

- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

"I knew life began when I stood in the dark, looking out into the night."

- Yusef Komunyakaa

"Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."

- Abraham Lincoln

"He who is brave is free."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"The birds of hope are everywhere; listen to them."

- Terri Guillemets

"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

- Aristotle

"Done is better than perfect."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"Fortune favors the brave."

- Virgil

"Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use."

- Earl Nightingale

"Calm minds bring inner peace and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health."

- Dalai Lama

"God is our refuge and strength always."

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."

"God never said life would be easy, but he did say he would be with you every step of the way ."

"Hope is a gift from God. Without it, where would we be."

"Hope is important; it can make the present moment more bearable. If you have hope that tomorrow will be better, you can get through the difficult moments of today."

"Where our strength runs out, God’s strength begins."

- Unknown

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul—and sings the tunes without the words—and never stops at all."

"Don’t confuse your path with your destination. Just because it is stormy now doesn’t mean you aren’t headed for the sunshine."

- Anonymous

"It’s darkest before the light"

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers!"

"And this, too, shall pass"

"Just when the caterpillar thought her life was over, she turned into a butterfly."

- Unknown

"The nicest place to be is in someone’s thoughts. The safest place to be is in someone’s prayers. The best place to be is in God’s Hands."

- Unknown

"It’s darkest just before sunrise"

"Faith is not believing that God can, it is knowing that He will!"

"For we walk by faith and not by sight!!"

"Hope is understanding that nothing’s permanent, not even the troubles that scar you. One of the best moments in your life will be when you finally have the courage to let go of the things you can’t change. Because life is too short to spend another day at war with yourself."

"Never forget all the times you have pushed even when you felt you couldn’t. All the mornings you got out of bed no matter how hard it was. All the times, you wanted to give up but didn’t. Never forget how much strength you’ve gained along the way."

"No matter what has happened in your life, the future is better than what happened in the past; the future is better than the present; it will always be."

"Take a deep breath. Everything will be okay in the end. And if it’s not okay, it’s not the end."

"Tell yourself every day this: no matter how hard it is, no matter how hard it gets, I’m going to make it."

"The real reason you feel hopeless now is not because of your situation—it’s your reaction to it. Change your thoughts. Change your life."

"Whenever you feel like losing hope, ask yourself this: what if everything I’m going through now is preparing me for what I asked for?"

"Let your faith be bigger than your fear."

"Out of the dead and cold decay of winter, a crocus blooms bringing joy. There is always hope which we must look for."

"With faith in one’s self, all things are possible."

"The devil whispered in my ear, you are not strong enough for the storm.’ Today I whispered in the devils ear, ‘I am the storm'"

- Unknown

"I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken."

"Let go and let God!"

"If you can’t control what’s happening to you, control how you respond. That’s where your power is."

"If birds sing after a storm why can’t we?"

"Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, But Today is a Gift – That’s Why It’s called “The Present”"

"Hope has nothing to do with probability"

"God IS the ultimate healer!! By His stripes we ARE healed!! Thank you Jesus for your healing touch!! In Your Name we pray Amen"

"If you can live this moment If you can be here this moment Then everything Takes care of itself"

"Every plant that ever grew had to go through a lot of dirt to get there"

"Hope is one thing that can help us get through the darkest times."

"As long as you love the one you lose You’ll never lose the one you love"

"Adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it."

"Nothing’s forever in this world, and that’s why we have every reason to be hopeful."

"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it."

"Hope is the pillar that holds up the world."

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast."

"We acquire the strength we have overcome."

"He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty."

"To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden."

"The greater the effort, the greater the glory."

"A trouble shared is a trouble halved. A joy shared is a joy doubled."

"Gather the crumbs of happiness and they will make you a loaf of bread."

"Faith is like walking in the dark. You can’t see it. Faith is knowing, and believing God is always by our side."

"Wonderful things happen when we live expectantly, believe confidently and pray affirmatively."

"Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart."

"Never stress about what you can’t control."

"When God puts you through difficulty, He also grants you the strength to get through it. Hold on a little longer; God is smiling at you because He knows that your relief is near."

"No matter what you’re going through, no matter what you’re dealing with, even if it doesn’t look like it’s going the way you want it to go, even if everything seems to be falling apart around you, God is in control. Have faith."

"Your fate has been written with the ink of His love and sealed with His mercy. You are exactly where He wants you to be. So fear not, place your trust in Him and have hope in His plan."

"You may be tried and fed up, but there’s strength within you, even if you don’t see it now. So Keep fighting."

"God is our Light! He is always with us!"

"If God takes you to it, He will take you through it."

"Never walk faster than your Angels can fly."

"Today will never come again. Be a blessing. Be a friend. Encourage someone. Take time to care. Let your words heal, and not wound."

"Never lose hope. Just when you think it’s over, God will send you a miracle."

"Whenever you feel like losing hope, remember that God’s plans are better than your dreams."

"The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears."

"Brave men rejoice in adversity."

"Adversity does not build character, it reveals it."

"In the night of death, hope sees a star."

"Love conquers all; let us too yield to love."

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."

"Love is the poetry of the senses."

"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know."

"The pain passes, but the beauty remains."

"The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling."

"The will of God will never take you to where His grace will not protect you."

"Nothing can hurt you when God decides to save you."

"When God is all you have, then you have what you only need."

"When you get what you want, that’s God’s direction. But God's protection is when you don’t get what you want."

"God is never late but on time. All it takes is faith and trust."

"If God seems far away, guess who moved?"

"If you want s helping look on the end of your arm."

"The sun never quits shining. Sometimes, clouds just get in the way."

"Some people cannot be cured, but everyone can heal."

"Hope is praying for rain, but faith is bringing an umbrella."

"A smile doesn’t cost a cent, but draws a lot of interest."