Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

Emily Dickinson · The opening of the poem, which goes on that it sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.

We never know how high we are till we are called to rise.

Emily Dickinson · The opening of a short poem; it goes on to say that then, if we are true to plan, our statures touch the skies.

That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.

Emily Dickinson · A two-line poem; the second line is "Believing what we don't believe does not exhilarate."

That love is all there is, is all we know of love.

Emily Dickinson · A four-line poem, first printed in 1914.

More Hope Quotes

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

The Bible · The source reads: “I to the hills will lift mine eyes from whence doth come mine aid. My safety cometh from the Lord, who heav'n and earth hath made.” · Psalm 121:1. The familiar King James wording; the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations gives the Book of Common Prayer psalter.

The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

The Bible · The source reads: “The Lord upholdeth all such as fall: and lifteth up all those that are down.” · Psalm 145:14. The familiar King James wording; the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations gives the Book of Common Prayer psalter.