Quotes About Hope

Dear god, I am only twenty seven, my cause is defeated, my husband is dead. am I to be one of the poor widows who will spend the rest of their days at someone else`s fireside trying to be a good guest? shall I never be kissed again? shall I never feel joy? not ever again?

I realize that I can laugh, that it is possible to be happy, that laughter and hope can come back to me.

And what about Edward, is he still alive?' 'I don't know... I pray God he is.' 'But you don't expect him anymore?' 'No... If Edward is alive then I pray God he will find his way to me. And there will always be a candle in the window to light his way home, and my door will never be locked in case one day it is his hand on the latch.

God does not make the way smooth for those He loves. He sends hardships to try them. Those that God loves the best are those who suffer the worst.

You have to sit with your longing and know that you may not get what you want; you have to encounter the danger of longing for something without the expectation of getting your desire.

Don't be afraid of the future, little Julia. Take your present life and live it.

I would like you to have a beautiful day every day.

Mother, before God, I say, my voice shaking with tears, I swear that I have to believe that there is more for me in life than being wife to one man after another, and hoping not to die in childbirth!

She smiles. "You know you can do nothing. What will be, will be. If there is a battle"—I gasp but her smile is steady—"if there is a battle, then either your husband will win, and your son will take the throne; or your brother will win and you will be sister to the king.

I don't ask for more than a smile and to be in your prayers. I love from afar.

Walk through your sorrow, my daughter, it hardly matters as long as you walk to where you want to be.

I think my heart has broken, but I have offered the fragments to God.

I prayed in silence that perhaps even now, the queen might have a son and might know joy like this, such a strange, unexpected joy- the happiness of caring for a child whose whole life was in my hands.

never see them again. Surely, a couple so young, so

It is easier to take a country into war than to bring it to live at peace, and a country at war is a bitter place to live, a risky place to have daughters, and a dangerous place to hope for a son.

I have not slept for nights. I have not eaten for days. I am a soul in torment. Tell me if you think that she loves me, if you think that she might love me. Tell me, for pity's sake.

Philippa Gregory

I am a dreamer, he concedes. I don't deny it, but I have seen enough to know the world. Perhaps my dream is of a better one.

Ah, my dear. Sometimes God takes the most precious children to his own.

I feel worse than I have ever done before, because now I know that it is easier to take a country into war than to bring it to live at peace, and a country at war is a bitter place to live, a risky place to have daughters, and a dangerous place to hope for a son.

I must say tonight my greatest hope is to die in my bed, at peace with the world, as an old man.

Lyra marveled at the effect hope could have.

I came to New York and in only hours, New York did what it does to people: awakened the possibilities. Hope breaks out.

God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.