Quotes about Hope

What do we find God 'doing about' this business of sin and evil?...God did not abolish the fact of evil; He transformed it. He did not stop the Crucifixion; He rose from the dead.

It will come back to you," cried the Rector, feverishly. "It will come back. Half an hour with the handbells——

Mademoiselle, I tell you frankly that to have a healthy mind in a healthy body is the greatest gift of le bon Dieu, and when I see so many people who have clean blood and strong bodies spoiling themselves and distorting their brains with drugs and drink and foolishness, it makes me angry. They should leave that to the people who cannot help themselves because to them life is without hope.

I'm all for scattering sunshine as we pass. As Stevenson says, we shall pass this way but once--and I devoutly hope he's right.

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.

Heaven's justice and righteousness must be recognized and maintained. Apart from grace, you find yourself bankrupt and insolvent, desperately in debt and helpless to meet God's judgment. Therefore, your only hope is to fly to the wounded side of the Lord, who in His life kept God's law perfectly and in His death paid the price of your rebellion.

So often multitudes of people gather around some broken cistern of this world, trying to satisfy their thirst for they know not what. They grumble about their troubles and complain about their lot, but how few of them run to the One who said, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" (John 7:37—38).

We just fundamentally forgot that people want to vote for something positive. They want to be shown what the good life for them personally looks like.

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.

Jesus Christ is infinitely more than a great teacher and philosopher.