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Quotes Maintain the glow! You must not let it die. You do not know how many look to Him because they see your candle burning bright throughout the night. Maintain the glow! Your faith can light the way for countless others searching day by day; how shall they find a light to conquer doubt if yours goes out? Maintain the glow! His promise still endures. His glory and His triumph shall be yours if you, through hours of darkness, toil and woe, maintain the glow. Jean Porter God gives me mountains to climb so I can enjoy the view from the peak. The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart. ~Nikolai Lenin Everybody lives for something better to come. Anon He who does not hope to win has already lost - Jose Olmedo God designs the wings to match the weight! Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ~Winston Churchill Eat around the worm in the apple and enjoy what you can. Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death. ~Author Unknown An Indian Prayer As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit. ~Emmanuel Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. ~Emory Austin "Enter into the mind of Jesus and think from there." Norman Vincent Peale The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it. ~C.C. Scott Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey. ~ Ouida When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. ~Barbara Bloom Never, never, never give up. ~Winston Churchill We should consider every day lost in which we have not danced at least
once. Do not be afraid of tomorrow; for God is already there. ~Author Unknown And thou shalt be secure because there is hope. - Jb. 11:18 If God takes you to it, He will take you through it." The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. ~Mignon McLaughlin "There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning." Louis L'Amour Once you choose hope, anything's possible. ~Christopher Reeve One joy shatters a hundred griefs - Chinese Proverb If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. - Chinese Proverb Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb "I am not afraid of storms, I am learning to sail my own ship."-- LOUISE MAY ALCOTT Hope never abandons you, you abandon it. ~George Weinberg My dad always used to say, "If you're falling off a cliff, you may as well try to fly. You have nothing to lose." -- Captain John Sheridan, Babylon 5
Hope is the last thing ever lost. ~ Italian proverb A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Herm Albright, quoted in Reader's Digest, June 1995 If you learn from your suffering, and really come to understand the
lesson you were taught, you might be able to help someone else who's
now in the phase you may have just completed. Maybe that's what it's
all about after all ... "The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard.. But must be felt with the heart."- HELEN KELLER People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier. ~ Anon. Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book "Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful"-- ANNETTE FUNICELLO Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. ~Robert Brault Anywhere is paradise; it's up to you. ~Author Unknown We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails. ~Author Unknown "If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or
next year . . . Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities - always see them, for they're always there. ~Norman Vincent Peale Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear. ~Author Unknown Experience is a hard teacher, because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. - Vernon Saunders' Law "When we are no longer able to change a situation... We are challenged to change ourselves"~ VIKTOR FRANKL Put your troubles in a pocket with a hole in it. - Old Postcard Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of faith. ~Author Unknown "The very best proof that something can be done is that someone
has already done it" To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. ~Katherine Paterson Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark. - George Iles He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb We are often so caught up in our destination That we forget to appreciate
the jorney, Especially the goodness of the people we meet along the
way. Appreciation is a wonderful feeling, don't overlook it. Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. ~Jane Howard Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. ~Mark Twain Hope is the anchor of the soul- Anon. "To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle."-- WALT WHITMAN Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow. ~Philip Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway. ~Mary C. Crowley What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Our strength grows out of our weakness. - Ralph Wald Emerson When faced with a challenge, look for a way, not a way out. - David L. Weatherford Opportunity... often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat. - Napoleon Hill "To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world"-- UNKNOWN "To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail,
not drift." Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain. - Helen Keller If you believe in God and God exists -- you gain everything , If you believe in God and God does not exist -- you lose nothing , If you do not believe in God and God does exist - you lose everything ~~ Blaise Pascal "Cherish yesterday, dream of tomorrow, live today" "Worry is like a rocking horse, it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere." The most destructive habit . . . worry The most satisfying joy . . . giving The most powerful shot-in-the-arm . . . encouragement The most effective sleeping pill . . . Peace of Mind The most crippling disease . . . excuses The most contagious spirit . . .enthusiasm The most worthless emotion . . . self pity The most prized possession . . . integrity The path of healing is an everchanging journey with threads of faith and courage softly interwined among the gentle colors of hope. ~ author unknown The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and to know them for what they are. - Marcus Aurelius Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. ~ Lin Yutang Most folks are about as happy as they make up their mind to be. - Abraham Lincoln Happiness is never stopping to think if you are ~ Palmer Sondreal Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it- Kathleen Casey Theisen Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that goes with it. ~ Norman Cousins You have to take it as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it. - Old German proverb Misfortune comes to all men ~ Chinese proverb I find that it is not the circumstances in which we are placed, but the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort. ~ Elizabeth T. King Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. - Chuang-tzu Always fall in with what you're asked to accept…..my aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going on. Not against: with. - Robert Frost Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of any misfortune. William James Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out. ~ Anon Each day provides its own gifts. - Martial Pain is never permanent. ~ Saint Teresa of Avila In the darkest hour the soul is replenished and given strength to continue and endure. ~ Heart warrior Chosa Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create that fact. ~ William James Since the human body tends to move in the direction of its expectations- plus or minus- it is important to know that attitudes of confidence and determination are no less a part of the treatment program than medical science and technology. - Norman Cousins The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it ~ Chinese proverb Knock the "T" off the "Can't"- George Reeves
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