Quotes About Hope

How those fires burned that are no longer, how the weather worsened, how the shadow of the seagull vanished without a trace. Was it the end of a season, the end of a life? Was it so long ago it seems it might never have been? What is it in us that lives in the past and longs for the future, or lives in the future and longs for the past? (from "No Words Can Describe It")

The best thing is to grieve for the people you loved and lost, and then welcome and love the new people life puts in front of you.

Maybe that's all it takes for the future to exist, Pino thought. You must imagine it first. You must dream it first.

To be young and in love. Isn't it remarkable that something like that can happen in the middle of a war? It says something about the inherent goodness of life, despite all the evil we've seen.

But after everything, and even when the skies turn scarlet and threatening, I still believe that if we are lucky enough to be alive, we must give thanks for the miracle of every moment of every day, no matter how flawed. And we must have faith in God, and in the Universe, and in a better tomorrow, even if that faith is not always deserved." "Pino

Sometimes you just have to have faith.

all it took to have a good life was a cheerful, grateful mood, a clearly envisioned, heartfelt dream, and the willingness to chase it with an unwavering belief in its eventual realization.

Pino's head swung slowly back and forth. "But where will I go to . . ." "See her?" his father said. "You go to where you were both happiest, and she'll always be there. I promise you that.

God giveth, and God taketh away. Sometimes in the same day.

They shared a long silence. "What do we do, Father?" "We have faith, Pino. We have faith and continue to do what is right.

The world doesn't work like this, he tried to tell himself. The world is not sick and evil like this.

Let not your hearts be troubled,'" the cardinal of Milan said. "Those six words of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, are more powerful than any bullet, cannon, or bomb. The people who hold these six words true are unafraid, and they are strong. 'Let not your hearts be troubled.' People who hold these words true will surely defeat tyrants and their armies of fear.

If we lose love, all is lost.

Let not your heart be troubled. Have faith

we can't stop loving our fellow man, Pino, because we're frightened. If we lose love, all is lost.

The problem is, most people get frustrated when they do not find what they are looking for or don't do what they are trying to do easily and in a short period of time. They give up after a couple of failures or a couple of years of struggle. The dream that once lit up their heart now begins to darken it, and their thinking changes.

we must give thanks for this day and for every day, no matter how flawed. Bow your heads, give your gratitude to God, and have faith in him, and in a better tomorrow.

in a matter of seconds, his faith in God, in life, in love, and in a better tomorrow drained away to empty.

Then refind your faith in mankind in your love of Anna, and build your strength through your love of God. These are dark times, Pino, but I really do sense clouds wanting to lift and the sun wanting to rise on Italy again.

Let not your heart be troubled,

He says to give thanks for every day, no matter how flawed. And to have faith in God and a better tomorrow.

And with that, in the dark of the night as two thousand Jews lost their lives, Emil Martel's faith in a benevolent God, his belief in himself and in the common good of man, left him.

when the skies turn scarlet and threatening, I still believe that if we are lucky enough to be alive, we must give thanks for the miracle of every moment of every day, no matter how flawed. And we must have faith in God, and in the Universe, and in a better tomorrow, even if that faith is not always deserved." "Pino

What do we do, Father?" "We have faith, Pino. We have faith and continue to do what is right.