Quotes About Hope

The message of 1 Samuel 17 is not that we are called to be like David. Its good news is that we have a David.

There is nothing that God expects you to do that you cannot do. The sin that defeats you need not defeat you. The fears that consume you need not consume you. The people who terrify you need not terrify you. You have the Spirit of life within you empowering you to know God and follow Christ.

Although believers are now pilgrims on earth," says Calvin, "yet by their confidence they surmount the heavens, so that they cherish their future inheritance in their bosoms with tranquillity."[44] What frees us from the vain pursuit of earthly treasure is the hope of treasure in heaven (Matthew 6 v 19-20; 1 Timothy 6 v 17-19).

know this, that when you cannot pray, Christ prays for you, and he prays that you may pray.

So we do not read the Bible simply to fill our minds, but to change our hearts. We do not read the Bible simply to be informed, but to be conformed to the image of Jesus. We read the Bible to stir our affections: our fear, our hope, our love, our desire, our confidence. We read it until our heart cries out, 'The Lord is good!

They say suicide is a permanent solution to temporary problems—

The best life is when your dreams come true. The second best is when they don't, but you never stop chasing.

Nothing can go wrong now.

There's always a way out.

I love everything about spring! Reeks of hope, new lease on another year, blooming possibilities, lush beds of violet wildflowers along the interstate, nature's annual migration: whooping cranes, manatees, Canadians.

Near the end they give you morphine. I'm looking forward to that." Serge turned another page. "You might want to bottle some of that excess ambition for the afterlife.

Hang on to your dreams with everything you got. Because the best life is when your dreams come true. The second-best is when they don't but you never stop chasing them.

The "quality of the Irish," the president concluded, is "the remarkable combination of hope, confidence and imagination." In

quality of the Irish," the president concluded, is "the remarkable combination of hope, confidence and imagination.

It's often said that there are two fundamental sentiments that decide an election—hope for the future, and fear of it. If hope prevails, we're likely to elect more generous governments and reach out to the world, but if fear prevails, we elect inward-looking, nationalistic ones.

The LORD bless you and keep you: The LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you: The LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. (Nm 6:24-26) The instructions continue, "So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them" (Nm 6:27).

LORD bless you

There was a time when I had no work, and I had to sit at home for 4 years.

It's not easy to say no to work when you have absolutely no work. But I had faith in myself, which kept me going.

I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word.

You always hope a book's going to be a success. I don't think I've ever written a book thinking, 'This will be bad and no-one will like it!'

Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? Is life no more with noble meaning fraught?

You can kill a body, but you cannot kill the great and noble idea of peace.

Nobody knows what the future holds.