—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

—  Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher

—  Robert Lowell, 1917-1977, American poet

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

—  Thucydides, 460-394 BC, Ancient Greek historian

Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate.

—  Dante, 1265-1321, Italian poet

—  Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher

—  Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister

—  Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

—  Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer

—  Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661, English thinker

—  Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

—  Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims

—  Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher

—  Vauvenargues, 1715-1747, French author of maxims

—  Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870, French writer

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

—  Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator

—  Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher

—  La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer

—  Jean Anouilh, 1910-1987, French playwright

—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer

—  Victor Frankl, 1905-1997, Austrian neurologist

     (to his wife when he was arrested by the Nazis)

—  Antoin de Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1940, French writer

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

—  Marcel Achard, 1899-1974, French playwright

—  Baltasar Gracian, 1601-1658, Spanish writer

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

—  Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Bohemian writer

—  George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

     (inscription on his grave)

—  Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

—  Jules Verne, 1826-1905, French writer

—  Frank Herbert, 1920-1986, American sci-fi writer

—  Tertullian, 155-240 AD, Berber-Roman Christian author

Dum spiro spero.

—  Latin phrase

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

Θαρσείν χρη, τάχ’ αύριον έσσετ’ άμεινον. Eλπίδες εν ζωοίσιν, ανέλπιστοι δε θανόντες.

—  Theocritus, 3rd cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet

Εάν μη έλπηται ανέλπιστον, ουκ εξευρήσει.

—  Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Μακράς ελπίδας μισώ.

—  Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist

Ερωτηθείς τι έστιν ελπίς, « Εγρηγορότος», είπεν, «ενύπνιον. »

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Ελπίδες αι μεν των ορθά φρονεόντων εφικταί, αι δε των αξυνέτων αδύνατοι.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Τι κοινότατον; Ελπίς. Και γαρ οις άλλο μηδέν, αύτη παρέστη.

—  Thales of Miletus, 643-548 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Ελπίς γαρ η βόσκουσα τους πολλούς βροτών.

—  Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher

Έλπιζε ως θνητός, φείδου ως αθάνατος.

—  Periander of Corinth, 668-584 BC, tyrant of Corinth

Πολλών ραγεισών ελπίδων μιάς τυχών.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Agamemnon