While there's life, there's hope

Cultural  

1. Never give up. (Compare It's never over till it's over.)

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while there's life there's hope Idioms  

1. Also, where there's life there's hope. So long as someone or something ailing is alive, there is hope for recovery. For example, The company has survived previous recessions; while there's life there's hope. A statement made about dying individuals since ancient times, it was cited in numerous proverb collections from 1539 on. Today it is also applied to inanimate matters.

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Example Sentences

Things look very black; but while there's life there's hope.

From What's Bred in the Bone by Allen, Grant

We're not dead yet and while there's life there's hope.

From The Boy Allies at Verdun Or, Saving France from the Enemy by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)

“Yes, sir, I am sure He never forgets us; and so while there’s life there’s hope, for even at the last He may send us help.”

From Sunshine Bill by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Good!" said Ardan, "while there's life there's hope.

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward

"But don't forget that there is still a possibility of recuperation; while there's life there's hope."

From Elsie's Womanhood by Finley, Martha