Sharon Van Etten Quotes

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; in enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not abandon it to his enemy.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

My favorite phrase is, 'God only gives struggles to people who can overcome it.' I saw it in a book, and it helped me out so much.

I wanted to tell people that hope is really powerful.

Hope is much more than wishful thinking. Hope is a way of moving through the world.

Hope keeps us going.

Teach hope to all, despair to none.

'Everything happens for a reason' is something that we have to tell ourselves all the time, because it's good to have the idea that something good is around the corner.

Cancer has taught me a lot of things. Maybe it is the best thing that has happened to me. I can't say right now, but maybe some years down the line, I would realise. When I was taking chemotherapy, there were a lot of elderly patients, and that would inspire me. I thought, 'If they can be cured, why can't I be?'

Without hope we are lost.

Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.

My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.

That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.

Hope is not a form of guarantee; it's a form of energy, and very frequently that energy is strongest in circumstances that are very dark.

Keep hope alive!

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

Hope will never be silent.

The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Have a little faith. Don't give up.

I still believe in a place called Hope.

We cannot give up hope. It's our most important gift.

Having faith and trust that one day things will be greater, it sometimes is the one thing you need to stay positive in a negative situation.

We always have hope. Hope dies last.