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• While there's life, there's hope
  While there's life, there's hope

  Never give up. (Compare It's never over till it's over.)
• while there's life there's hope
  while there's life there's hope

  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.

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

Then came the opposing thought: while there's life there's hope, and never say die till you're dead.

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

"Cheer up," said Chinston, patting him on the shoulder; "while there's life there's hope, and whatever human aid can do to save her will be done."

From The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Hume, Fergus

"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

“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

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)