Quotes About Restoration

Prisoners of hope.

But simply punishing the broken--walking away from them or hiding them from sight--only ensures that they remain broken and we do, too. There is no wholeness outside of our reciprocal humanity.

I think, at the end of the day, the real antagonist is the brokenness of humanity.

Experience, the only logic sure to convince a diseased imagination and restore it to rugged health.

I know of no restorative of heart, body, and soul more effective against hopelessness than the restoration of the Earth.

God never said that we wouldn't have unfair situations, that we wouldn't experience loss. But He promised if we would stay in faith, He would restore everything that was stolen.

If someone has repented once of a sin, and again does the same sin, this is a sign that he has not been cleansed of the causes of the sin, wherefrom, as from a root, the shoots spring forth again.

For me, Art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sort of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end. A little bit of hunger, but also satisfaction.

There are no evil people; there are perfectly good people who are of the track, but they do not need condemnation or punishment; they only need to get upon the rails again.

One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life.

If you lose 50%, it takes 100% to get back to where you started-and that takes something you can never get back: time.

justice is not only the way we punish those who do wrong. It is also the way we try to save them.

Injustice alone can shake down the pillars of the skies, and restore the reign of Chaos and Night.

If the thrill is gone, it's time to take it back.

We need never to be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken.

Man is broken down in many places because of bitterness.

You can't restore anything you've previously done, but you can face up to it. You can enlighten the reality. You can entreat forgiveness. And then let God decide and do the rest.

"Broken does not mean non-functioning, or incapacitated, it does however mean ready for repair.

Love is a powerful device that builds the broken bridges.

God can make you whole again. Past experiences may not disappear, but they don't have the same effect on you.

But nothing external to God can possibly constrain him. If he chooses to restore a broken universe, it is because he "wants" to, because, for example, he loves it and wants the best for it. But he is free to do as he wills, and his character (Who He Is) controls his will.

Revived in this country the long forgotten beauties of Gothic architecture.

Although the Bible is a library of books, it is also "the book." It is a story, a grand story, of God's love for His people, and the price He was willing to pay to restore us into perfect fellowship with Him.

God's grace, he told himself firmly, is big enough to cover the blackest sins. It's strong enough to lift the heaviest load of guilt, to blow the dirt of shame from the darkest corner and scatter it to the four winds. It's good and bright enough to shine into a man's heart and clean out all the filth of the past forever and ever.