Quotes about Hope

In the practical order, we find our Original Goodness when we can discover and own these three attitudes or virtues deeply planted within us: A trust in inner coherence itself. "It all means something!" (Faith) A trust that this coherence is positive and going somewhere good. (Hope) A trust that this coherence includes me and even defines me. (Love)

God shocks and stuns us into love. God does not love us if we change, God loves us so that we can change.

Thus the most common one-liner in the Bible is "Do not be afraid"; in fact, someone counted and found that it occurs 365 times!

The Genesis story of the Judeo—Christian Tradition is really quite extraordinary. It says that we originate from free and overflowing love. This flow will be rediscovered and re-experienced by various imperfect people throughout the Jewish and Christian Scriptures. This sets us on a positive and hopeful foundation, which cannot be overstated.

Love is the source and goal, faith is the slow process of getting there, and hope is the willingness to move forward without resolution and closure. And these are indeed, 'the three things that last' (1 Corinthians 13:13). People who have these gifts—faith, hope, and love—are indestructible.

Better to be in trouble with Christ, than in peace without him.

God can pick sense out of a confused prayer. These desires cry louder in his ears than your sins.

Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.

Relationships are always worth restoring.

The deepest level of worship is praising God inspite of pain, trusting Him during a trial, surrendering while suffering, and loving Him when He seems distant.

God is never in a hurry, but he is always on time.

Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.