Quotes About Hope

I'm remembering how this works. How life doesn't have to be only anxiety about what's gone wrong or could go worng, and complaints about the world around you. How a person you're excited about can remind you there's stuff going on beyond... routine oil changes and homework. Stuff that matters. Stuff to look forward to.

Life doesn't have to be only anxiety about what's gone wrong, and complaints about the world around you.

He said I didn't need to save him. But you want to. Yeah. But I can't. Right? Probably not. Usually not.

Mom always says that doubt is just another way of expressing faith.

The Lord doesn't give a person more than he knows they can bear.

Das wird sich alles finden. Everything will be okay.

Now I think miracles are things that happen in stained glass, and on dusty Jerusalem roads thousands of years ago. Not here, not to us. Not when we need them.

I can wait beyond never.

She had a hundred reasons: because Bear had carved a statue of her in the center of the topiary garden, because she could always make him laugh, because he'd let her return to the station, because he won at chess and lost at hockey, because he ran as fast as he could to polar bear births, because he had seal breath even as a human, because his hands were soft, because he was her Bear. Because i want my husband back, Cassie said.

I'm allowed to have new dreams.

Zach] placed his hands on her shoulders so she'd look directly into his eyes. You know, the moment I saw you, I said to myself -- because all the great people talk to themselves, of course -- I said, 'Zach, you have to meet that lovely lady, because she will make your life extraordinary.' I was not wrong.

It was a counterweight, the first I have felt in years. It was a note on a ram's horn, before the walls of Jericho.

Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things or asking Him for good things. Maybe it's just the act of praying and feeling that there's someone up there listening that makes us feel better and less helpless.

Because with joy, we overcome the terror. With love, strength, and hope, we prevail.

For me, it was faith that kept me going when I wanted to give up. I knew that God meant for me to fulfill a purpose in life.

She's improving every day." Considering we've just left Lara having to be given something "to calm her down" because she was crying her eyes out, I have to wonder if my mother is living in some kind of alternative reality.

Can't I trust you to do anything right, Breanna?" Mom says in a voice as cold as her anger is hot, completely unmoved by my tears. I'm used to disappointing my mother. It feels like I've done it all my life. And I realize in that moment that maybe I am as stupid as she always tells me. Because deep down, I'd had this small shred of hope, some sick deluded fantasy, that she'd say I did the right thing by telling the truth.

I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it's perfect... As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.

If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!

If this was my forever, I wouldn't want to spend it here.

She fell, she hurt, she felt. She lived. And for all the tumble of her experiences, she still had hope. Maybe this next time would do the trick. Or maybe not. But unless you stepped into the game, you would never know.

If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed.

Look, the point is there's no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you're left with a choice. Either hope for the best or just expect the worst.

But it's strange, when you've always been told something is true, like the moon will come back. You need proof. And while you wait, you feel the entire balance of your world just tipping. It's crazy. But when it's over, and it does come back, that's the best, because it's all you want, everything narrows to just that. It's this great rush, like for that one second everything's okay with the world again. It's amazing.