Quotes about Hope

Our greatest hope comes from the knowledge that the Savior broke the bands of death. His victory came through His excruciating pain, suffering, and agony. He atoned for our sins if we repent.

In my view, it was no accident that Nelson Mandela was chosen by God to lead the people of South Africa. There are very few people who could be imprisoned, kept away from their family and loved ones, and exit that same prison with such a powerful spirit of love and a desire for reconciliation.

A bad past is like gristle. You can chew on it forever and starve yourself to death, or you can spit it out and see what else is on the table.

A woman's past need not predict her future. She can dance to new music if she chooses.

I want a pain that has a beginning and an end, not one that goes on forever and cuts all the way to the bone.

Sometimes life goes by in a trickle and sometimes life goes by in a flood. It's in those rainy seasons you find out how well you can swim.

Prayers are answered in ways we don't choose. The river of grace bubbles up in unexpected places.

But sometimes it's the things that require a leap of faith that we need to believe in most of all.

Don't borrow trouble from round the bend,

Be patient, Katie. Everything doesn't have to work itself out today.

You know how it is. The storms come and it's water and wind as far as the eye can see for a bit. But winds calm and the waters drain. We find our feet again, and the ground under us sprouts a new crop of seed. That is always the way of it. I don't suppose this storm will be any different.

They showed me what a stable life could look like. If they hadn't bothered, how would I have even known there was another way to live? You can't aspire to something you've never seen.