take heart

idiomatic phrase

: to gain courage or confidence : to begin to feel better and more hopeful

Take heart; things will get better soon.

While teams like the Indians and the Red Sox face grueling Septembers, the A's … can take heart in having survived their most difficult stretch.

—Sports Illustrated

Movements against any form of repression can take heart from a historical method that demonstrates that much of what has been produced by history can also be dismantled.

—Nicholas B. Dirks

Examples of take heart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Disney’s attorneys may take heart in a recent decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate a lower court decision over a case that DeSantis’ critics viewed as another example of the governor’s overreach. —Mike Schneider, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2024

Optimists can take heart from the much more positive attitudes toward the United States evident in capitals around the world recently. —Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010

History Repeating Sports Interactive might take heart from the fact this exact scenario has happened before to Football Manager, albeit a very long time ago. —Barry Collins, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024

So, to anyone reading this who feels like they’re stuck in a cycle of failure, take heart. —William Wolfram, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined above