Quotes About Hope

See the child, not the cancer. Then you'll be happy when you visit, not sad.

We never lose the people we love.

Omnia vincit amor. Love conquers all things. —VIRGIL

Grief is a conduit -- for love, for compassion, for healing, and for grace.

Lisa Scottoline

Jake thanked God he had a son to put to bed when he knew somewhere there was a family, right now, waiting for someone who would never come home.

Lisa Scottoline

Hope isn't a feeling, it's an act.

Nobody planned on the worst, but they got it just the same and had to deal. He knew the saying that "Man plans and God laughs," but he'd learned the truth was exactly the opposite—Man plans and God cries.

Lisa Scottoline

wanted her to be alive. I had taken alive for granted. Anguish

That's what love is. Love is faith.

I know, as a mother, that she would want you to live the life that God gave you. Your survival will be her triumph.

But faith was always there for him, whether in sun or in shadow. Faith was at her best in darkness. Then, faith shone.

didn't get to live the full life she deserved. Our feelings were bittersweet, all the time. I was hoping that someday, there would be more sweetness than bitterness

the French translation;

Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming -- weren't our dreams what gave us strength, hope, and desire?

Fall down eight times, stand up nine. For me, this saying is less about the dead paving the way for future generations than it is for the women of Jeju. We suffer and suffer and suffer, but we also keep getting up. We keep living. You would not be here if you weren't brave. Now you need to be braver still.

My mother used to tell me that Heaven never seals off all exits.

It's funny how in that moment I see things clearly. Am I beaten down? Yes. Have I allowed myself to become a victim? Somewhat. Am I afraid? Always. Does some part of me still long to fly away from this place? Absolutely. But I can't leave. Sam and I have built a life for Joy. It isn't perfect, but it's a life. My family's happiness means more to me that starting over again.

When in the world did anyone die from a dream?

When you're held underwater, you think only of air.

Dreamers are born to be disappointed.

If you try to live, you can live on well.