Quotes About Hope

Mournier defined his own position as one of 'tragic optimism--' a Christian attitude of absolute engagement in the struggles of history, despite the fact that the Absolute cannot be contained in history.

Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.

A hopeless man is a very desperate and dangerous man, almost a dead man.

Our goal is not the victory of might but the vindication of right—not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this Hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God

God help us, we can't keep up this pulling, that is certain. Amongst ourselves we are unendingly cheerful, but what each man feels in his heart I can only guess.

e are in a desperate state, feet frozen &c. No fuel and a long way from food, but it would do your heart good to be in our tent, to hear our songs and the cheery conversation as to what we will do when we get to Hut Point.

May your feet ever walk in the light of two suns... and may the moonshadow never fall on you...

In the depth a light will grow, A silver shine no shadows know, Like wings unfolding in the sky, That circle 'round a gleaming eye, Turning darkness all away, Even depths will know their day, For every shadow has its end, In light! Life will return again!

We must be careful what we imagine, fear, or hope for. The echoes of our thought live on in eternity.

Silent. So it should be. You have no place in this world, Luthiel. And there is no other.' Zalos reached out and lifted a few strands of her hair. 'Bright songs and the magic of hope are but a dangerous illusion. The fake comfort of witches charms.

If Christ taught us anything it is this -- not to let our fear of death keep us from doing the good thing.

The world is a bitter thing For a dreaming heart to bear alone.

We were never told that it would not hurt, only that nothing would ever finally go wrong; not that it would not often go hard with us but that there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.

At the very worst, all you can be is dead - and for him who is the Resurrection and the Life, that just makes you his cup of tea.

So what if God made a "mistake"; if the Someone who set up the world so that evil is possible is willing to commit suicide over that mistake rather than blame you for it, then trusting such a person doesn't seem like an altogether bad idea.

the world is going down the drain; only a Savior who is willing to work at the bottom of the drain can redeem it.

Well, if you find yourself living by something that can't forgive ... then you die to it and look around for something that can.

Pray for victory, plan for disaster.

All we have is our humanity and affinities, and the hope that these may be enough in this world ["Saving the Whales"].

Hemos fracasado ?gimió Julieta. Merlín les sonrió con gran ternura. ?No ?contestó?. Esto no es un fracaso, sólo es una experiencia.

The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances.

Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.