"Child," said the Lion, "I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own."
~ C.S. Lewis
Faith
Never give up
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
~ Harriet Stowe
Loving the unlovable
in Forgiveness, Hope, Faith, Love
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
in Commitment, Determination, Faith, Hope
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Have courage for the great sorrows in life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
~ Victor Hugo
in Accomplishment, Faith, Growth
When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I would have not a single bit of talent left and could say, “I used everything you gave me.”
~ Erma Bombeck
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
~ Meister Eckhart
You should never doubt what no one is sure about.
~ Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, “Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory,” screenplay by Ronald Dahl
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
in Attitude, Faith, Hope, Perseverance
I heard a bird sing
in the dark of December.
A magical thing
and sweet to remember.
“We are nearer to Spring
than we were in September.”
~ Oliver Herford
Patience with others is Love. Patience with self is Hope. Patience with God is Faith.
~ Adel Bestavros