Quotes About Hope

God loves you, that He plans for your good, not your hurt. "It's true that things happen in life that seem wrong and are painful, but it isn't because God likes to see us suffer. He wants to see us grow. He wants us to love Him, to trust Him.

I don't understand all about God, but there's one thing that I'm as sure of as the fact that I live and breathe. He loves us. He loves us completely, and always keeps our good in mind.

Only God can bring about the miracle, the rebirth. It is my job to love her, to pray for her, and to leave the rest to Him.

But that's how life is. You never know how it's going to turn out, and you can't plan for everything. You just have to do your best dealing with things as they come and hope people forgive you when you make a mistake.

and her dreams that didn't happen, that couldn't have happened because she'd pinned them on somebody too broken and unattainable to love her back.

Once a seed of hope is planted, you don't need to water it. It grows by itself.

Janette Rallison

Her days come and go like birds, her dreams like days.

From outer darkness to outer darkness, a feathered meteor through a moment of light...

I like to hope that there are more good people in the world than evil people' she said. 'I would like to hope that too', the old man said, 'but I don't. There are good people, however, and our duty in life is to be one of them, even though we will generally be outnumbered.

This was exactly what I was starting to notice: how everything was related, how the bad things that happened sometimes led to good things later" -Emma

I'd been thinking of luck as 'things I wanted to happen', but luck was also 'preventing things I didn't want to happen'" - Emma

The letter will tell you to write down ten things you want to happen, because that's the first step to getting what you want in life: deciding what that is. Some of those things will happen for you, some won't, and some will turn into things you don't want anymore" -Aunt Jenny

That was probably how religion worked. The triumph of loneliness over intelligence. And why not? Why shouldn't religion be exactly the same as everything else? Faith, hope and charity: as relevant as serving suggestions.

Really, there was only one sensible thing to do. Stay the course. Pray it through, day by day, minute by minute. The Lord had an answer and it would surely come. (p. 203)

blessed are you when men persecute you and say bad things against you?

Philippians 4:13: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. "Cool." Thanks, Lord! I really needed that reminder. You're the One in charge of this case anyway, and I know You already have all the answers!

An infant's smile was the greatest promise that the world would go on, no matter how much the grown-ups mucked around with it.

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One day you will be able to breathe again, not everyday but a little more often.

It's easy to write upcoming scenes in books and television shows. Trusting God to write them in real life is a lot harder. But it's worth it. And you have to admit, it's an adventure.

May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face. May the rains fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again, May the Lord hold you in the palm of His hand. Irish blessing

May you always walk in sunshine. May you never want for more. May Irish angels rest their wings right beside your door. Irish blessing

May you get all your wishes but one, So you always have something to strive for. Irish blessing