Quotes About Hope

Even a life of pain is not worth wasting.

Hope waits but does not sit. It strains with eager anticipation to see what may be coming on the horizon. Hope does not pacify; it does not make us docile and mediocre. Instead, it draws us to greater risk and perseverance

If we enter our story in heartache, we will hear the whisper of the name that will one day be ours.

Hope refuses to believe that the inevitable is so. What has always been and can't change is an illusion; if anything is true, it is that change is inevitable, not that the inevitable will not change. But evil caustically replies, Nonsense. It is what it is. You will only be more discouraged and frustrated until you accept reality.

Tragedy always moves our story forward in a way shalom could never accomplish.

Because of the way God has made us, it is impossible finally and completely to deaden the soul. The soul will resurrect, in spite of the cruelty used to destroy it. It will pop up and then be slain again, return and be shoved down through contempt. The power to destroy the soul is not in the hands of Satan, another human being, or even oneself. Nevertheless, when we manage to deaden our soul, even temporarily, we open the door to terrible consequences.

Hope is not mere optimism; rather, it is moving forward in anticipation of redemption in spite of the improbability of rescue.

But this home over here: it needed paint but had flowers neatly planted all the way around it. That one over there had a tire swing out front, tied to a fat magnolia tree. Behind another, a lush vegetable garden. You got to fight not to give into despair, he told himself. You got to see the good that's mixed in with the bad.

One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds.

Probably nothing in the world arouses more false hopes than the first four hours of a diet.

Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.

God answers all prayers, but sometimes his answer is 'no'.

God, grant me strength to accept those things I cannot change.

Even when our death is imminent, we carry the image of ourselves moving forward, alive, into the future.

Those who are alone, under hardship or who are ill may find it hard to grasp the Christmas spirit. Thankfully, the miracle of the Christ child born in Bethlehem is what still gives genuine hope to all those who are hurting today.

But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. — Psalms 71:14

Dear God: Please help me to know what the fuck to do with my life and how to fix it.

One day at a time. Fake it 'til you make it.

I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Not its attainment, nor its final definition, but its pursuit. I believe in the journey, not the arrival;

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

But it won't be

We've got a long career ahead of us and it's going to be great. Trust me.

and undying hope for improvement that makes golf so exquisitely worth the playing.

But you can't escape from heartache. That's the rub. It always finds a way back.