Quotes About Hope

Happily ever after, like in the books,

Jamey wouldn't be saying goodbye because he would continue to be Reece's social worker and, I hoped (after our chat on the phone), would be seeing more of Reece in the future. It

her footsteps on the stairs. I was expecting

As long as a man has two hands and a strong back, he can make things happen. It's no good being fearful. Worry won't change the future a whit, and it misses the joy of this glad day.

Each morning, when we wake—if we wake—we pick up whatever it is we've been given to carry for that day, with the sweet Lord Jesus in the yoke beside us to tote the load. Each night we lay it down, giving it into God's hands. If it's still there in the morning, we pick it up and begin again. If the burden is gone or if there is something different, we know where to start.

He kneels upon the solid rock and is looking up—not down at his burden!

No matter what pain, what hard things come to us in life—and pain and trouble come to all of us—no matter what dark roads we walk or poor choices we make, it is not the end of the story.

We long for that promised day, when there will be no more death or sorrow, no more crying or pain, when things as we know them are passed away. We are ready, Lord, to be instruments of Your peace, soldiers for Your kingdom.

New year, a new chapter and new possiblities

At Duke University, our infrastructure comes from the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies and the John

No matter our income, my family could not cough up the thorn embedded in our chests.

Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum illuc, unde negant redire quemquam. Ahora él va por camino tenebroso allí, donde niegan volver a nadie.

Shoot for the moon, even if you fail, you'll land among the stars

Shoot for the moon, even if you fail, you'll land among the stars

Don't be afraid to fall in love again. Open your heart and follow where it leads you...and remember, shoot for the moon.

His spirit is like a guttering candle

Geraldine Brooks

Every happiness is a bright ray between shadows, every gaiety bracketed by grief. There is no birth that does not recall a death, no victory but brings to mind a defeat.

there is only one thing to do when we fall, and that is to get up, and go on with the life that is set in front of us, and try to do the good of which our hands are capable for the people who come in our way.

She believed that each humble thing, if done worthily, might be touched by grace. I hoped it might be so, for it would require an abundance of grace to clean me of my sin.

With rest you might find the world a small bit brighter.

What an odd course fate charts for us, does it not? Bereavement is the unwelcome current that forced you to an unintended harbor. But here, perhaps, the vessel lies that will carry you onward to the place where you were always meant to go.

a few dreamers believed you could build a nation upon ideas such as liberty and equality.

From there, the future is a place that looks darker every day.