hope

"I hope to God that the inner strength that will vindicate my deeds will in good time spring forth from my own people. I have done as I had to on the prompting of my inner voice."

"The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true."

"The greatest adventure is to have no fear for the blaze that lies ahead."

"The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes - or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two - is gone."

"People have hope because they cannot see Death standing behind them."

"Why do we mortals wonder if it is through 'human chaos' or through 'divine perfection' when the world guides us to some magical event? In either case, is not the result the same? Is the result not 'divine perfection?"

"Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen."

"Inventory:"Four be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I'd been better without:Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.Three be the things I shall never attain:Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.Three be the things I shall have till I die:Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye."

"When you don't know where you're going, you drive on the highway."

"Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free."

"The chimes were clinging in the wind. Or were they clanging, and clinging to hope?"

"Whether we wound or are wounded, the blood that flows is red."

"That was how it always was with Colleen: No matter how sad she felt, there was always this little bit of hope - like a speck of glitter caught in your eyelash - that never went away, no matter what."

"A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people's hope."

"Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her."

"The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination."

"Chapters - Life has many different chapters for us. One bad chapter doesn’t mean the end of the book."

"'You are no saint,' says the devil. Well, if I am not, I am a sinner, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Sink or swim, I go to Him; other hope, I have none."

"I meet people in my daily life, people who seem to experience some change and some growth on a personal level, and that gives me hope."

"quote from Chase the Moon- Some people are just downright wicked, and sometimes evil wins - but not always."