Quotes about Hope

Oh, brethren, be great believers! Little faith will bring your souls to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to you.

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.

Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.

I hope no one who reads this book has been quite as miserable as Susan and Lucy were that night; but if you have been - if you've been up all night and cried till you have no more tears left in you - you will know that there comes in the end a sort of quietness. You feel as if nothing is ever going to happen again.

Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step. For lasting passion is the dream of a harlot, and from it we wake in despair.

You are never too old to dream a new dream or set another goal.

We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it

God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.

Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.

To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world. Presidential message, December 25, 1927