Quotes About Hope

A lot of people said they prayed for me. I felt their prayers.

She died praying that she might die.

I remember being a kid and praying in the hell of my house to have somebody love me and somebody that I could love.

My family is a praying family, a Christian family.

Praying is like a rocking chair - it'll give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere.

It's pretty cathartic for me to write a letter to God and tell him what I'm praying for that day or what I'm going through emotionally.

My prayers are being answered for my career. These are prayers I've been praying for as a kid.

I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will be able to write before I die. It is like a countdown. So with each book I am praying - please let me live until I am finished.

It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something will come along this season and if not, I don't know what the future holds.

A lot of praying helped me a lot.

I had to tell Dad, 'It will be okay and be positive; keep praying and have faith'. I have always known about cancer, but to be around someone who has it and to see what it does in such a short space of time was hard. It makes you think about your life, about what is important.

I remember just praying, 'Dear Lord, please let me grow to be at least 6 feet.'

I'm praying for 'Ice Age' 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Because I really think we can run those characters into the '60s, and I'm talking the 1960s, you know? The Civil Rights Movement. That's what I'm praying for, because then I wouldn't have to do anything else.

I remember praying for peace all the time as a kid.

I remember being in my house from when I was, like, five to when I was, like, 12. When hurricanes would happen, you just hold hands, and you say, 'You know what, we have each other. We're praying,' and this roof can literally peel off of your house.

I am praying every day for peace.

My 4-year-old son prays every night for his best friend who is the same age - our next door neighbor in Liberia, a little Liberian boy: 'Dear God, please don't let him get Ebola.' I'm proud of him for thinking about his friend and praying for him but that's not a prayer that a 4-year-old should have to consider.

I was praying one day and God literally gave me a song called 'Healing Hand of God.'

I think adversity hits people and we all know what to do when adversity hits we keep praying and we find hope.

When people pray to ask for things they want, isn't it basically an act of mistrust in their god. For if god already has a plan in mind for you, why are you praying to change the plan in the first place?

We're not preachers, but we say, 'Let's try and change things.'

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!

As a child, when I lost things such as my precious pocketknife, I learned that if I prayed hard enough, I could usually find it. I was always able to find the lost cows I was entrusted with. Sometimes I had to pray more than once, but my prayers always seemed to be answered.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is more enduring than fame, more precious than riches, more to be desired than happiness.