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Quotes About Hope

When all our hopes are gone, It is best our hands keep toiling on For others' sake: For strength to bear is found in duty done; And he is best indeed who learns to make The joy of others cure his own heartache.
~ L.B. Cowman
No calamity will ever bring only evil to us, if we will immediately take it in fervent prayer to God. Even as we take shelter beneath a tree during a downpour of rain, we may unexpectedly find fruit on its branches. And when we flee to God, taking refuge beneath the shadow of His wing, we will always find more in Him than we have ever before seen or known.
~ L.B. Cowman
In "pastures green"? Not always; sometimes He Who knowest best, in kindness leadeth me In weary ways, where heavy shadows be. So, whether on the hilltops high and fair I dwell, or in the sunless valleys, where The shadows lie, what matter? He is there. Barry
~ L.B. Cowman
There are both "upper and lower springs" in life, and they are springs, not stagnant pools. They are the joys and blessings that flow from heaven above, through the hottest summer and through the most barren desert of sorrow and trials.
~ L.B. Cowman
but God is the God of the unsuccessful—the God of those who have failed. Heaven is being filled with earth's broken lives, and there is no "bruised reed" (Isa. 42:3) that Christ cannot take and restore to a glorious place of blessing and beauty. He can take a life crushed by pain or sorrow and make it a harp whose music will be total praise. He can lift earth's saddest failure up to heaven's glory. J. R. Miller
~ L.B. Cowman
These springs flow through the low places, the difficult places, the desert places, the lonely places, and even the ordinary places of life. And no matter what our situation may be, these springs can always be found.
~ L.B. Cowman
All my springs of joy are in you" (Ps. 87:7 NASB).
~ L.B. Cowman
Groans that words cannot express" (Rom. 8:26) are often prayers that God cannot refuse. Charles H. Spurgeon
~ L.B. Cowman
And every heavy burden you are called upon to lift hides within itself a miraculous secret of strength.
~ L.B. Cowman
Little faith will bring your souls to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to your souls. Charles H. Spurgeon
~ L.B. Cowman
O people of God, be great believers! Little faith will bring your souls to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to your souls. Charles H. Spurgeon
~ L.B. Cowman
God finds His best soldiers on the mountain of affliction.
~ L.B. Cowman
Nearly all of God's jewels are crystallized tears.
~ L.B. Cowman
When faith goes to the market, it always takes a basket.
~ L.B. Cowman
If I see God in everything, He will calm and color everything I see! Perhaps the circumstances causing my sorrows will not be removed and my situation will remain the same, but if Christ is brought into my grief and gloom as my Lord and Master, He will "surround me with songs of deliverance" (Ps. 32:7).
~ L.B. Cowman
if you desire to know God's voice, never consider the final outcome or the possible results. Obey Him even when He asks you to move while you still see only darkness, for He Himself will be a glorious light within you.
~ L.B. Cowman
When nothing whereon to lean remains, When strongholds crumble to dust; When nothing is sure but that God still reigns, That is just the time to trust. 'Tis better to walk by faith than sight, In this path of yours and mine; And the pitch-black night, when there's no outer light Is the time for faith to shine.
~ L.B. Cowman
God makes you "see troubles." Sometimes, as part of your education being carried out, you must "go down to the depths of the earth" (Ps. 63:9), travel subterranean passages, and lie buried among the dead. But not for even one moment is the bond of fellowship and oneness between God and you strained to the point of breaking. And ultimately, from the depths, He "will restore [your] life again.
~ L.B. Cowman
The greatest victory of faith is to stand at the shore of the impassable Red Sea and to hear the Master say, "Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today" (Ex. 14:13),
~ L.B. Cowman
All things together work for good. Fret not, nor fear!
~ L.B. Cowman
Animals that have more defense forms are also the most sensitive to attack, such as the turtles on their hulls or tracks, that when they leave their cocoons, they become one of the most beautiful insects. Such are human beings. They spend the rest of their lives in fear. Close their hearts made alveoli to the world in order to protect themselves and hoping that one day someone might free them.
~ L.F. Magister
Deposit hope in people is like punching against the edge of a sharp knife.
~ L.F. Magister
Never let your future depends of nothing but you. Never let your plans controlled by luck or possibilities. If you hope for a good tomorrow, be you the tomorrow.
~ L.F. Magister
Maybe it just means that love can be stronger than fear.
~ L.J. Smith