I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear, and despair to the spirit of hope, joy, peace; and from sinful desires, till then reigning over them, to a pure desire of doing the will of God.
Copy Quote View & ShareFaith is the substance of hope - of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. So if you can hope for it and imagine it, and keep imagining and hoping and seeing yourself driving a new car, or seeing yourself getting that job, or seeing yourself excel, seeing yourself help that person - that is faith.
Copy Quote View & ShareI hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.
Copy Quote View & ShareI just hope that as I get older, I calm down and enjoy the moment, enjoy the great gifts that God has given me.
Copy Quote View & ShareAnytime someone says your God is ugly and you release your God and join their God, there is no hope for your freedom until you once more believe in your own concept of the 'deity.'
Copy Quote View & ShareA lot of people have their big dreams and get knocked down and don't have things go their way. And you never give up hope, and you really just hold on to it. Hard work and perserverance. You just keep getting up and getting up, and then you get that breakthrough.
Copy Quote View & ShareYou hope people are going to be listening to you after you're gone. And they like you better after you're gone.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow.
Copy Quote View & ShareEven in the hardest circumstances, dreams can give you the courage to live, and I hope I can share that message with children in need.
Copy Quote View & Share'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.
Copy Quote View & ShareActing provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye.
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