Quotes About Hope

Though all three men faced the same hardship, their differing perceptions of it appeared to be shaping their fates. Louie and Phil's hope displaced their fear and inspired them to work toward their survival, and each success renewed their physical and emotional vigor. Mac's resignation seemed to paralyze him, and the less he participated in their efforts to survive, the more he slipped. Though he did the least, as the days passed, it was he who

On July 13, Louise felt a wave of urgency. She penned a letter to Major General Willis Hale, commander of the Seventh Air Force. In it, she begged Hale not to give up searching; Louie, she wrote, was alive. Unbeknownst to Louise, on that same day, Louie was captured.

When he thought of his history, what resonated with him now was not all that he had suffered but the divine love that he believed had intervened to save him.

In a single, silent moment, his rage, his fear, his humiliation and helplessness, had fallen away. That morning, he believed, he was a new creation. Softly, he wept.

I can't prove to you that there is a God, I just know. All this suffering has to have a reason.

Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.

Laura felt a warmth inside her. It was very small, but it was strong. It was steady, like a tiny light in the dark, and it burned very low but no winds could make it flicker because it would not give up.

There's no great loss without some small gain.

When we think about fairy tales, we think about happily ever afters, forgetting the darkness that stories beginning with "once upon a time" so often contain. I tried to protect Shay from that darkness. But there was no way to shield her from the truth: Life is not a fairy tale.

Every day, the sun paints the world in light— you can do the same."

What do I carry wherever I go What will spring up from the seeds that I sow What can I safeguard, create, and release And offer each soul that I chance upon— peace.

You are a soul out walking, carrying a lantern to light the world.

Maybe, I think, when you've waited a long time to see something, you need to find your way to it in glimpses.

There are daisies In the ruined garden, still blooming strangely

My eyes closed, hands open, Take it, take it . Then, every day wasted chasing it.

Olivia watched him through a blur of tears, despising the futility of it. For there was nothing she could say to comfort a man whose family was long dead; there was no balm to heal wounds that scored a man's soul; and there was no way to make a man believe in the ties that bind.

Nothing causes more pain, frustration, and disappointment than unfulfilled expectations." "That may be so, but

There was fear, of course. That was always with her, something she'd accepted and learned to live with a long time ago. But, right beside it, other emotions were pushing up, fighting for space and light and air. Things like excitement and desire, longing and hope. Agony and uncertainty. Things that made fear seem almost comfortable, like broken-in pair of leather shoes or a perfectly fitted glove. Fear, at least, was familiar.

Even out of bad things, good things can happen. Even things that are sordid or painful can lead to things that are beautiful.

the greatest unhappiness a person can feel in life is unmet expectations.

She had spent her entire youth waiting and hoping for things that never happened. Now she was thirty.

The human heart must be a strong and resilient thing, Daphne decided when she awoke the following morning. She was surprised to find that she was no longer in the throes of wrenching heartbreak and pain. Instead, in a strange way, she felt as if she had been reborn.

One couldn't spend one's entire life waiting for life to start.

Nothing causes more pain, frustration, and disappointment than unfulfilled expectations.