In Christianity, we are always reminded to search for hope and faith in both times of joy and distress. There is power in hope, which we are shown by God many times throughout the Bible, the resurrection of Jesus being our greatest gift of hope from Him. We have hope from Him.
Look to these 24 quotes about hope from famous Christians to find encouragement and reassurance.
- “Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.” - John Maxwell
- "What gives me the most hope every day is God’s grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God." - Rick Warren
- “Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.” - Thomas Aquinas
- “Remember Whose you are and Whom you serve. Provoke yourself by recollection, and your affection for God will increase tenfold; your imagination will not be starved any longer, but will be quick and enthusiastic, and your hope will be inexpressibly bright.” - Oswald Chambers
- “Our righteousness is in Him, and our hope depends, not upon the exercise of grace in us, but upon the fullness of grace and love in Him, and upon His obedience unto death.” -John Newton
- “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
- "Jesus gives us hope because He keeps us company, has a vision and knows the way we should go." - Max Lucado
- "Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don't give up." - Anne Lamott
- “Without Christ there is no hope.” - Charles Spurgeon
- “True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God's fidelity to His Promises.” - Francis Chan
- “The best we can hope for in this life is a knothole peek at the shining realities ahead. Yet a glimpse is enough. It’s enough to convince our hearts that whatever sufferings and sorrows currently assail us aren’t worthy of comparison to that which waits over the horizon.” - Joni Eareckson Tada
- “Notice the word ‘hope” (in Psalm 62:5). The Hebrew term literally means “a cord, as an attachment.’ Every one of us is hanging on to something or someone for security. ... if it’s someone or something other than God alone, you’re hanging on by a thread – the wrong thread.” - Beth Moore
- “The Christmas message is that there is hope for a ruined humanity–hope of pardon, hope of peace with God, hope of glory–because at the Father’s will Jesus became poor, and was born in a stable so that thirty years later He might hang on a cross.” - J.I. Packer
- “Our world today so desperately hungers for hope, yet uncounted people have almost given up. There is despair and hopelessness on every hand. Let us be faithful in proclaiming the hope that is in Jesus.” - Billy Graham
- “The Spirit of God first imparts love; he next inspires hope, and then gives liberty; and that is about the last thing we have in many of our churches.” - Dwight L. Moody
- “Only when our greatest love is God, a love that we cannot lose even in death, can we face all things with peace. Grief was not to be eliminated but seasoned and buoyed up with love and hope.” - John Piper
- "Christ showed us hope transformed into sacrificial love." - Chuck Colson
- “Jesus is the hope of the world and the local church is the vehicle of expressing that hope to the world.” - Andy Stanley
- “You can look forward with hope, because one day there will be no more separation, no more scars, and no more suffering in My Father’s House. It's the home of your dreams!” - Anne Graham Lotz
- “Hope is called the anchor of the soul (Hebrews 6:19) because it gives stability to the Christian life. But hope is not simply a ‘wish’ (I wish that such-and-such would take place); rather, it is that which latches on to the certainty of the promises of the future that God has made.” - RC Sproul
- “Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.” - Louie Giglio
- “Outside of the cross of Jesus Christ, there is no hope in this world. That cross and resurrection at the core of the Gospel is the only hope for humanity. Wherever you go, ask God for wisdom on how to get that Gospel in, even in the toughest situations of life.” - Ravi Zacharias
- “The only hope for this or any other society is to hear the Word of the Lord and obey.” - John MacArthur
- “We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.” - Pope Francis