Quotes About Hope

Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King's faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night.

An America that inspires hope in its ideals must complement an America that inspires awe in its strength.

The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.

I am fallen, flawed and imperfect. Yet drenched in the grace and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength

You've got mountains of your own, I'll bet on it. Take heart. Be encouraged. Remain steadfast. Hang on for dear life. You've got a better grip than you realize.

Try to praise the mutilated world.

You can't measure dreams when you're a dreamer, because most often the caliber is unattainable.

Patience with others is Love, Patience with self is Hope, Patience with God is Faith.

What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters? They would only drive him to even greater despair.

In the unfixables of our lives we are invited to keep company with Jesus and take a risk that God's intentions toward us are good.

The world is filled with reasons to be downcast. But deeper than sorrow thrums the unbroken pulse of God's joy, a joy that will yet have its eternal day. To set our hearts on this joy reminds us that we can choose how we respond to any particular moment. We can search for God in all circumstances, or not. We can seek the pulse of hope and celebration because it is God's reality.

Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life.

Life is like the weather - unpredictable. When it is dark and miserable, we must have hope. But when it is warm and sunny, we must rejoice. We must embrace it and trust that its memory will sustain us when the rain comes again.

treating our children, not as they are, but as we hoped they would become.

Theano: Always expecting the worst, you are. Danae: If you expect terrible things, then they don't surprise you, and all good things are like wonderful gifts.

Not that I was morbidly obese or anything. But I guess I was hanging on the hope that one day I might accidentally whittle down to my inner toothpick.

You just can't know the feeling of being mother to a girl who you thought might die every single day - right up until the day she did.

Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.

The future belongs to you. Should anyone insult you, tell yourself this: I am a child of destiny who will unite East and West and change the world.

Remember, the best cure for worry is to do something positive. That's because fear is endless and formless, whereas even the worst outcome has an ending.

Mother Teresa once said, "Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted are the greatest poverty." To this I will add: Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.

Waiting for salvation is, therefore, not a passive state of being; it is rather the active doing of every person whose every thought and deed can contribute to the redemption of the universe.

There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.