Quotes about Hope
We live on a planet that has been invaded by evil forces, and God's followers are called to be part of the solution.
— Philip Yancey
Viktor Frankl, who spent time in one of Hitler's camps, said, "Despair is suffering without meaning.
— Philip Yancey
As Solzhenitsyn elegantly expressed it in his classic One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, faith in God may not get you out of the camp, but it is enough to see you through each day.
— Philip Yancey
by embracing grief and standing beside the hurting person, we can indeed aid another's search for meaning.
— Philip Yancey
Where is God when it hurts? I have often asked. The answer is another question, Where is the church when it hurts?
— Philip Yancey
True hope is honest.
— Philip Yancey
Realistic hope permits a dying person to confront reality, but at the same time gives strength to go on living.
— Philip Yancey
God does some of God's best work with people who are truly, seriously lost.
— Philip Yancey
Not until history has run its course will we understand how "all things work together for good." Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.
— Philip Yancey
grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less—no amount of racism or pride or pornography or adultery or even murder. Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite God can possibly love.
— Philip Yancey
the parents of a severely disabled child have no end in sight.
— Philip Yancey
Wounded people who have been broken by suffering and sickness ask for only one thing: a heart that loves and commits itself to them, a heart full of hope for them.
— Philip Yancey