Quotes About Hope

What about the flip side of the economic ledger – the poor? Even Jesus gave up hope for them and offered only early entrance to heaven.

And sometimes, by focusing on a life to come, we miss what we have in this life. It is a different source of hope, but it is hope nonetheless: hope that human intelligence, combined with compassion, can solve our myriad problems and enhance the quality of each life; hope that historical progress continues on its march toward greater freedom and acceptance for all humans; and hope that reason and science as well as love and empathy can help us understand our universe, our world, and ourselves.

Volpe expands their worldview and shows them that struggle and suffering are universal, but so are hope and resilience.

From the vantage point of the present, the prize promised by the idea of progress can look less like an achievement than an affront.

We are meat, Elliott thought. It was a horrifying thing to have go through his head. He knew that he and his brothers, that all people everywhere, were also exquisite sparks of unique consciousness – perhaps unique in the thirteen-billion-year history of the universe. We are angels, spirit creatures of hope and light and possibility and love.

Every day is another chance. As the man said, 'We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

Despair was the unforgivable sin. And he simply couldn't go out that way – he couldn't give up. If he was out of faith, he'd just have to push through it, and carry on. He'd fake it, if he had to.

We are angels, spirit creatures of hope and light and possibility and love.

Give love in doses and hope for uselessness.

Art should be beautiful, not ugly. It should be uplifting and redemptive. Art reassures us that life is good and that, however bad things may look at the moment, everything works out for the best in the end.

Hope is not a design method.

Trust me no matter how horrible you feel or how bad things seem, there is always a way out. Suicide is never your only option.

I guess I've learned that no matter how bad things get, there are always people who love you.

But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me.

Once a person gives up, it becomes surprisingly easy to die.

God is just as much in the journey as He is the destination.

We are not suited for fear. We are suited for trust in God.

The normal Christian life is one of problems, but always remember that every problem has passed through the hand of a loving Father and carries with it, before it ever arrives, an express, intrinsic purpose. Those in the midst of affliction usually find the purpose hidden, but the experienced sufferer knows it will prove to be glorious. Problems are God's main tool for bringing us to the end of our own resources and into the deep experience of all His riches.

There is nothing that the nearness of Jesus will not cure.

For the people of God, death is always a new beginning.

When we find ourselves in the throes of suffering and pain, we must refuse to play the what-if game. Ask instead, "What if God is greater than my current circumstances? If God is indeed working out a plan to bring himself greater glory, how should I react?" Then respond accordingly, confident that he can use our disappointment to deepen our faith and bring our lives into greater harmony with him.

that window and to the right. I'd seen several old movies where the boy tossed pebbles at the girl's window. So I planned to use that approach. But I needed something more accurate, more effective. And

He simply hoped that difficult decisions would make themselves.

you just had to go with the president's whims. As for the president, it was quite clear that deciding between contradictory policy approaches was not his style of leadership. He simply hoped that difficult decisions would make themselves.