Hope is really rooted in personally knowing the God committed to a good end for you, even if it sometimes seems nobody else is. He has given me this promise: (It makes all my hard work and waiting worth it all!)

Jeremiah 29:11 (New International Version)

Jeremiah 31:17
And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Jeremiah 17:7
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

1 Peter 1:13
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Revelation 22:12
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

Psalm 31:24
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
 

Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,