“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
— Abraham Lincoln
Own thyself guilty of eternal death; and renounce all hope of ever being able to save thyself. Be it all thy hope, to be washed in His blood, and purified by His Spirit, who Himself bore all thy sins in His own body upon the tree.
—John Wesley
I look to him with humble hope, I disclaim every other plea than that of the publican, offered up through the Redeemer; but I would animate my hopes, trusting in him that he will perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle me.
—William Wilberforce
“God is near, and therefore hope is near.”
How can they hope for salvation for their souls if they do not believe that ‘the Lord is risen indeed’?
— Charles Spurgeon
Nothing weakens a person more than hope in something other than his own effort to find salvation and happiness.
—Leo Tolstoy
It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires, and who can doubt that the interest we have in admitting or denying the reality of the Judgement to come determines the faith of most men in accordance with their hopes and fears.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Own thyself guilty of eternal death; and renounce all hope of ever being able to save thyself. Be it all thy hope, to be washed in His blood, and purified by His Spirit, who Himself bore all thy sins in His own body upon the tree.
—John Wesley
I had great hopes of the ingathering of precious souls to Christ; not only among my own people, but others also.
—David Brainerd
If you die in your sins, there is not in the Bible one ray of hope to show that there will be opportunity to repent hereafter. Now is the accepted time of salvation.
—D. L. Moody
Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear.
—John Milton
There is an infinite amount of hope in the universe.. but not for us.
—Franz Kafka
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.
—Thomas Aquinas
I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
—Thomas Aquinas
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
—Henry Ford
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
—George Washington
The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there’s life, there is hope.
—Stephen Hawking
The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there’s life, there is hope.
—Stephen Hawking
I look to him with humble hope, I disclaim every other plea than that of the publican, offered up through the Redeemer; but I would animate my hopes, trusting in him that he will perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle me.
—William Wilberforce
I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.
—Charles Dickens
Faith, hope, love, and insight are the highest achievements of human effort. They are found -given- by experience.
—Carl Jung
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.
—Charles Dickens
It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires, and who can doubt that the interest we have in admitting or denying the reality of the Judgement to come determines the faith of most men in accordance with their hopes and fears.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I hope we shall catch fire from each other, and that there will be an holy emulation amongst us, who shall most debase man and exalt the LORD JESUS. Only the doctrines of the Reformation can do this.
—George Whitefield
Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.
—Arthur Schopenhauer
However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. Where there’s life, there’s hope.
—Stephen Hawking
Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.
—Leonardo Da Vinci
Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a good man either in life or death, and that his fate is not a matter of indifference to the gods.
—Socrates
Hope is the desire of the soul to be convinced that the dream will come true.
I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.
—René Descartes