Quotes about Hope

I would merely beg you not to be too much bowed down by grief. What seem to us bitter trails are often blessings in disguise.

I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror. We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbour with the possession of those virtues that are likely to be a benefit to us. We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.

Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach thy hand For I am drowning in a stormier sea Than Simon on thy lake of Galilee: The wine of life is spilt upon the sand, My heart is as some famine-murdered land Whence all good things have perished utterly, And well I know my soul in Hell must lie If this night before God's throne should stand.

Every Saint has a past. Every Sinner, has a future.

In the cave of black Despair: He only looked upon the sun, And drank the morning air.

The way I see it, there are just two things we need to know: The universe has our back. Everything is going to turn out okay.

encouragement can be given any time, even when things go poorly.

rhyme as one of his mottoes: For every ailment under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none; If there be one, try to find it; If there be none, never mind it.

five words from a church hymn: One step enough for me. Lead, kindly Light … Keep thou my feet: I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough

This amazing outpouring of courage and love started a recovery journey that has changed my life….

He saves us by realistic restoration of our heart to God and then by dwelling there with his Father through the distinctively divine Spirit. The heart thus renovated and inhabited is the only real hope of humanity on earth.