hope

• Wishing on a star

  To make a hopeful wish, often silently, believing it might come true, especially when looking at a star.

• The darkest hour is just before dawn

  Even in the most difficult and hopeless situations, improvement or relief is imminent.

• Darkest before the dawn

  This proverb suggests that the most difficult or unpleasant part of a situation often occurs just before conditions improve.

• A light in the darkness

  A source of hope, comfort, or guidance in a difficult, despairing, or challenging situation.

• There's a light at the end of the tunnel

  This phrase means that even during a difficult or prolonged period of hardship, there is hope that things will soon improve and come to an end.