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> [When our grandchildren ask us where we were when the voiceless and the vulnerable in our era needed leaders of compassion and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-haugen/when-our-grandchildren-ask-us-where-we-were-when-the-voiceless-and/)

[Gary Haugen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-haugen/)

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> [It is the first purpose of hope to make hopelessness bearable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-breault/it-is-the-first-purpose-of-hope-to-make-hopelessness-bearable/)

[Robert Breault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-breault/)

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> [“And so we endure. We have faith that there is purpose. We hope for things we can't see. We believe that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/and-so-we-endure-we-have-faith-that-there-is-purpose-we-hope-for/)

[Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/)

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> [I believe that nothing that happens to me is meaningless and that it is good for us all that it should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/i-believe-that-nothing-that-happens-to-me-is-meaningless-and-that-it/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [“I feel that there has to be a purpose to what we do. If there was no hope at all, we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-feel-that-there-has-to-be-a-purpose-to-what-we-do-if-there-was-no/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/chinua-achebe-781_death_i-feel-that-there-has-to-be-a-purpose-to_2451154.png)

> [“interest, practice, purpose, and hope. Interest and purpose are two sources of passion. Practice and hope help develop perseverance which nurtures the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fastreads/interest-practice-purpose-and-hope-interest-and-purpose-are-two/)

[FastReads](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fastreads/)

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