A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Sir Thomas More

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

Clarence Darrow

Faith is unseen but felt, faith is strength when we feel we have none, faith is hope when all seems lost.

Catherine Pulsifer

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

Martin Luther King

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:31

It's important to emphasize that hope is only a beginning; it's not a substitute for action, only a basis for it.

Rebecca Solnit