Hope Quotes

It is as if I were made of stone, as if I were my own tombstone, there is no loophole for doubt or for faith, for love or repugnance, for courage or anxiety, in particular or in general, only a vague hope lives on, but no better than the inscriptions on tombstones.

~ Franz Kafka

Other flowers came at the end of the summer, but by then the winter sadness had already dissipated, and the effect of the blooms was not the same.

~ Jessica Stern

An engaging examination of a painful subject, with a focus on healing and forgiveness. - Kirkus Review

~ Robert Uttaro

Some of the most effective segments are interviews with various staff members, including Aila, who works for the center’s legal department. She explains the difficulties of rape prosecution, concluding that “only the survivor” can truly define justice. - Kirkus Review

~ Robert Uttaro

If you have been raped or sexually assaulted and you have been blamed, or fear that you may be blamed, I just want you to understand this: You are not to blame. There is nothing you did to make someone hurt you, nor is there anything you could have done differently to prevent or stop it.

~ Robert Uttaro

Always know there are friends somewhere rooting for you. There are people you don’t know, always praying for you and lifting you before God. - Jenee, from To the Survivors.

~ Robert Uttaro

I think I just said it, but I think it’s worth repeating. They gave me hope that there is good in the world out there. There really is. It really does exist. Regardless of how bad things can be, and how down on your luck you can be, or how bad your trust is broken when it comes to warming up to people and all that stuff, I know that there’s people out there that genuinely wanna help. Putting yourself in that position is a huge step, and it’s a very risky and fragile step, but it’s also a step that needs to be taken because there is help. And you can get through something like this. You really can. - Jim, from To the Survivors

~ Robert Uttaro

This book is dedicated to all who have been affected by sexual violence.

~ Robert Uttaro

Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down.

~ Charles R. Swindoll

Depression, is like trying to find a light switch in pitch darkness. Defeating it takes much assistance and resource. First, it's letting in loved ones that are reaching out, when light will begin to shine.

~ Anthony Liccione

After every sunny day, comes a stormy night

~ Of Monsters And Men

If you believe suicide will bring you peace, or at the very least just an end to everything you hate- you are displaying self-caring behavior. You are still able to actively seek solutions to your problems. You are willing to go to great lengths to provide what you believe will be soothing to yourself.This strikes me as optimistic.

~ Augusten Burroughs

Waiting to be 'better' is the wrong approach. It's learning to live with it.

~ Marian Keyes

An event of great agony is bearable only in the belief that it will bring about a better world. When it does not, as in the aftermath of another vast calamity in 1914-18, disillusion is deep and moves on to self-doubt and self-disgust.

~ Barbara W. Tuchman

The world isn’t perfect, and some days it wears you down. You can either accept that, and face it, and be a help to others instead of a hindrance. Or you can decide the rules are too tough and they shouldn’t apply to you, and you can ignore them and make things harder for everybody else. Sometimes life is about being sad and doing things anyway. Sometimes it’s about being hurt and doing things anyway. The point isn’t perfection. The point is doing it anyway.

~ Chloe Neill

Between death and hell a bridge shining silver wings offers his soul hope.

~ Aberjhani

I thought I was dreaming and I dreamed.

~ Марко Соколовић

Lord, help us root our feet to the earthAnd our eyes to the roadAnd always remember the fallen angelsWho, attempting to soar,Were seared instead by the sun and, wings melting,Came crashing back to the sea.Lord, help root my eyes to the earthAnd stay my eyes to the roadSo I may never st

~ Lauren Oliver

Practice brings better results than prayer.

~ Amit Kalantri

God’s power is the grace of prayer.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Why, 'inspire?' As y'all can see I love things with the word, 'inspire!' Well, let me remind you that all inspiration comes from God, and my prayer, is that He will lead me, to inspire you to find the true inspiration that He will freely give to you!

~ Mary Kate

You are God’s masterpiece; and as long as you answer to His purpose for you, with faith and in prayer, He can never fail you.

~ Chinonye J. Chidolue

O Lord God! What plans do you have for me this year?

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

With a hope and a prayer, you can get there.

~ Heather Wolf

Pray on bow knees

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I pray with my knees bow.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I will hold my babies in my hand at sacred-time.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

May I remember the goodness of the Lord at all times.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Hope Thrives When Prayer Strives.

~ Santosh Thankachan

I resolve to write a new chapter of my life every new day in the New Year.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

With much prayer, more grace abounds for every good work.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Prayer define the sacred beauties of life.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I look to the Lord and the power of his greatness.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Every perfect gift comes from the great God.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

God hears every quiet prayer on your heart.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You don’t need to be anywhere, God can take you where you have to be.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The power of prayer is a prophecy.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We gave ourselves for lost men, and prepared for death. Yet we did lift up our hearts and voices to God above, who showeth His wonders in the deep.

~ Francis Bacon

O Lord, renew my mind

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

If you need more power, you must pray more.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita