Quotes About Trust

relaxing his sentiment of pride, he addressed his supplications, not to God, but to man. God is always the last resource. Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.

Peut-être, dit Athos; mais, en tout cas, écoutez bien ceci: assassinez ou faites assassiner le duc de Buckingham, peut m'importe! je ne le connais pas, d'ailleurs c'est un Anglais; mais ne touchez pas du bout du doigt à un seul cheveux de d'Artagnan, qui est un fidèle ami qu j'aime et que je défends, ou je vous le jure sur la tête de mon père, le crime que vous aurez commis sera le dernier.

until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, — `Wait and hope.

Pooh! Women say those things, but never do them.

Vivete, dunque, e siate felici, figli adorati del mio cuore, e non dimenticate mai che, sino al giorno in cui Dio si degnerà di svelare all'uomo l'avvenire, l'intera saggezza umana risiederà in queste due parole: Attendere e sperare! Il vostro amico Edmond Dantès Conte di Montecristo

Catherine wished to discover whether her son were really ill or feigning. But he, worthy son of such a mother, played his part to perfection. She had wept, he had a fever.

you cannot reproach me with the slightest coquetry. I have always said to you, 'I love you as a brother; but do not ask from me more than sisterly affection, for my heart is another's.' Is not this true, Fernand?

Whether or not you believe in God, He always believes in You!

I had to learn to praise Him regardless of what my emotions felt like doing. I had to learn to praise him even if my body did not want to.

Believing in God is as much like falling in love as it is making a decision. Love is both something that happens to you and something you decide upon.

As it turns out, craft is to poetry what invention is to imagination--not antithetical, but needless. The eye does not invent the light; there's no need. The mind makes no materials; it doesn't have to. Imagination is the present state of things, and poems rejoice--in particular, in detail--that this is so. Again, the only work is trust, a trust rewarded by ease and by betterment.

The poetry of attention is not metaphysical. It trusts the opened eye to see. By faith, the eye stays open. And so the work of poetry is trust that, by faith, is shown to be no work at all.

Without such trust and safety, social relationships tend to become strategic rather than cooperative, increasingly full of skepticism and even anxiety and fear about others' intentions. (p. 27)

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.

We must, however, reaffirm what we know to be true, even when we don't feel it to be true. This will help us to live more by faith than by feelings.

Where God leads you to pray, He means you to receive.

Love God, and within the limitations He has sovereignly placed in your life at this time, do what you can.

If after your death a biographer or your children were to scan your canceled checks for insight into what kind of Christian you were, what conclusion would they come to? What would they reveal about your walk with Christ? Would those checks be tangible evidence of your spiritual trustworthiness?

But if God invites and expects all his children—regardless of their age, IQ, education, or resources—to do the same thing—to pray—then prayer has to be simple.

Todo creyente debe atravesar algunos desiertos espirituales en su peregrinación a la ciudad celestial.

Persevere en la adoración. Clame a Dios pidiéndole que le dé un conocimiento renovado de los «ríos de agua viva» (en referencia al Espíritu Santo) que en Juan 7:38 Jesús prometió que brotarían en todo el que creyera en él. Pero no deje de adorar; nunca se dé por vencido en el desierto. Usted no sabe qué tan amplio es, y podría estar a punto de terminar de atravesarlo.

Si has dejado de vivir para ti mismo y para el pecado, y has confiado en Jesucristo y Su obra para justificarte delante de Dios, entonces el Señor te ha dado el Espíritu Santo.

Tengo suficiente confianza en la Palabra y en el Espíritu de Dios como para creer que, si la gente ora de esa manera, en el largo plazo sus oraciones serán más bíblicas que si ellos solo crean sus propias oraciones.

But don't stop worshiping. Never give up in the desert. You don't know how wide it is, and you may be almost across.