Quotes about Hope

As Francis Schaeffer reminded us, "The Christian is the one whose imagination should fly beyond the stars

Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour; The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain. God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.

Haddon Robinson once said, "I have come closer to being bored out of the Christian faith than being reasoned out of it. I think we underestimate the deadly gas of boredom. It is not only the death of communication, but the death of life and hope.

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living out fears.

Consider anything, only don't cry!

I think I could, if I only know how to begin." For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.

Washington Irving once introduced Charles Dickens at a dinner given in the latter's honor. In the middle of his speech Irving hesitated, became embarrassed, and sat down awkwardly. Turning to a friend beside him he remarked, There, I told you I would fail, and I did. If you believe you will fail, there is no hope for you. You will.

Surely your gladness need not be the less for the thought that you will one day see a brighter dawn than this.

Where there is no vision, the people perish. (Proverbs 29:18 KJV)

I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak. (Ezek. 34:16)

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Though the world disregard the society of God's children now, yet there is a time coming in which they would be glad to have the least company with them.