We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.

You must be strong, dear brothers and sisters. You must be strong with the strength that comes from faith.

But hope has an astonishing resilience and strength. Its very persistence in our hearts indicates that it is not a tonic for wishful thinkers but the ground on which realists stand.

Love gives us the strength to perform impossible tasks.

A little love, a little buckshot, that's how I'd say handle yourself.

Sustaining faith is what sets you through those dark nights of the soul when you don't know where to go or what to do, and it seems that you can't last another day…but because of your faith in God, you do.

You can't become who you were created to be without opposition, things you don't understand. The way to endure is to remind yourself that what God has in your future is not just going to make up for what you've been through, but He is going to bring you out better.

Any area of my life for which I have no hope is under the influence of a lie.

We shall overcome, we shall overcome,We shall overcome some dayOh, deep in my heart I do believeWe shall overcome some day.

Thou art my hope in the day of evil.

I learned that courage is not something we can manufacture by our own efforts. But when we surrender wholeheartedly to God, he gives us the courage to face whatever comes. He gives us the words to speak when we are called to stand and voice our faith.

Oh, God, I can't hope for anything. I can't. I won't survive if I do.