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Hope Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger…
- All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy Day all lived with a…
- When everything is dark, when we are surrounded by despairing voices, when we do not see any exits, then we can find salvation in a…
- One of the remarkable qualities of the story is that it creates space. We can dwell in a story, walk around, find our own place.…
- Christian community is the place where we keep the flame of hope alive among us and take it seriously so that it can grow and…
- What once seemed such a curse has become a blessing. All the agony that threatened to destroy my life now seems like the fertile ground…
- Fundraising is a very rich and beautiful activity. It is a confident, joyful and hope-filled expression of ministry. In ministering to each other, each from…
- My hope is that the description of God's love in my life will give you the freedom and the courage to discover... God's love in…
- When we become aware that we do not have to escape our pains, but that we can mobilize them into a common search for life,…
- Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.
- Hope is willing to leave unanswered questions unanswered and unknown futures unknown. Hope makes you see God's guiding hand not only in the gentle and…
- Prayer requires that we stand in God's presence with open hands, naked and vulnerable, proclaiming to ourselves and to others that without God we can…
- Of one thing I am sure. Complaining is self-perpetuating and counterproductive. Whenever I express my complaints in the hope of evoking pity and receiving the…
- I have found it very important in my own life to try to let go of my wishes and instead to live in hope. I…
- Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the…
- While optimism makes us live as if someday soon things will soon go better for us, hope frees us from the need to predict the…
- Suffering invites us to place our hurts in larger hands. In Christ we see God suffering – for us. And calling us to share in…
- Through compassion it is possible to recognize that the craving for love that people feel resides also in our own hearts, that the cruelty the…
- In 1970 I felt so lonely that I could not give; now I feel so joyful that giving seems easy. I hope that the day…
More Hope Quotes
- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable. — J. J. Abrams
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. — Aristotle
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
- Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore. — Matthew Arnold
- I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile… — Arthur Ashe
- Well, there's a question as to what sort of information is important in the world, what sort of information can achieve reform.… — Julian Assange
- The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be… — David Attenborough
- All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that… — David Attenborough
- I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself.… — David Attenborough
- I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that… — Margaret Atwood