“Hope is to fly with wings.
It is a sword against the unpredictable,
A bridge that traverses despairs.
Hope is to leap with springs.
It is a helmet to guard the vulnerable,
A barge that floats o’er anxious cares.
Hope is to spar with kings.
It is a shield against the uncontrollable,
A hedge that fences in nightmares.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Motivation is hope-driven. Without hope of achievement and hope for improvement, there would be no drive to extend any effort trying.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“If you run out of options, pray for more.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Hope sees what we cannot see and grabs onto it, holding tight, until we eventually see it too.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Tomorrow is just another synonym for hope.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Within the blinding mists it is hard to seek out any source of light. But there is absolutely light to be found; otherwise, you would not be seeing mist.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Hope cannot accomplish much if you sit around and do nothing but dream. In the same vein, just going through the motions does very little if you have abandoned all hope.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Be sure to wear green
on March seventeen,
or else Irish leprechauns
pinch your bones clean!”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Corned beef and cabbage and leprechaun men.
Colorful rainbows hide gold at their end.
Shamrocks and clovers with three leaves plus one.
Dress up in green—add a top hat for fun.
Steal a quick kiss from the lasses in red.
A tin whistle tune off the top of my head.
Friends, raise a goblet and offer this toast—
'The luck of the Irish and health to our host!'”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Imagine if we were all magical leprechauns, and every wish ever made on a four-leaf clover obliged us to help others obtain their wishes. Now imagine if people simply lived like this were true.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“So you want a genuine, positive, effective change in your life? Then repent, repent, repent.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“All you can do is start where you are.
But you can start—right here, right now.
You absolutely can.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“I have great hopes which I must feed
by doing all I can.
For hopes shape my reality
when fed by work and plans.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Today You Soar
"Like the grand eagle, you spread your wings
And put forth the effort to do great things.
Looking skyward you dared to challenge the wind,
Harnessing power to help you ascend.
With an eye on the goal, fixed in flight,
You climbed to an impressive height.
Undaunted by gusts and unkind gails,
You never gave up and would not fail.
So now you’ve reached where few even try
As the eagle high in a glorious sky.
Not superior, but grand.
Not proud, but sure.
Not a cub, wolf, or bear but an eagle pure.
Today you soar.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Anyone who looks good with a bald head is seriously sexy.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Be someone’s security blanket when theirs is in the wash.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Giving advice is like seeing an elephant in someone’s path and suggesting they remove it. Heeding advice requires forcing the elephant to budge. Huge difference.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Beauty isn’t visible; I don’t know why people think it is. Perhaps because at times there are physical manifestations suggesting beauty exists in a person, but don’t be fooled. Beauty isn’t the packaging, it’s the treasure wrapped up inside.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“I am Brave.
I am Obstinate.
I am Lionhearted.
I am Dauntless.
Hence, I am BOLD.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Trust in the silent doers. It is far more difficult to put your dreams into action than into flowery words.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Eena!”
Recognizing Ian’s voice, Eena turned to find him approaching her from behind. He was entirely clad in body armor and gauntlets, cradling an open-faced helmet in one arm. Painted on his chest plate was a flaming, gold sword. From his side hung a leather sheath, a golden hilt peeking from the top.
“I’m glad you’re back. You are going to stay and watch us play, aren’t you?” He looked hopeful she’d say yes.
Eena smiled brightly. “I didn’t know you were talented enough to be on a dueling team. Nice sword,” she teased.
Ian blushed a degree. “Thanks. They call us the Savage Warriors!” He rasped their team name in a semi-ferocious voice. “Jerin’s team captain.”
She laughed at the showy designation. “And who’s your challenger today?”
“The Dragon Slayers - Derian’s team.”
Eena’s face fell. “Derian is playing?” She groaned internally, knowing she should’ve guessed as much. This was starting to look like another setup.”
Source: Eena, The Return of a Queen
“I wear my wrinkles like battle scars, having earned every last one slaying life’s dragons. They boast of my victories and some defeats while their beauty is a wealth of wisdom gained.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Why so eager to jump in and direct someone else's life when you can't stick to your own goals and resolutions?”
“Amore is love
confessed to you in haiku.
Do you love me too?”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“God loves you. He has not abandoned you. Pray, repent, study the scriptures, keep the commandments, and have faith that answers will come in God’s timing. They will. He loves you.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“I do not know all things. I might not believe some things. But I know what my mom believes; I have heard her testimony. I know her faith, and that has fed my faith on many grim occasions. Sometimes we do well to lean on the faith of others to pull us through until our own faith increases enough to sustain us.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“If God says 'This is the way you should live your life' then this is the way we should live our lives. The only road that leads to lasting joy and genuine happiness is the road that God has paved. It is a straight and narrow path. Have faith enough to stay the course.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Have faith
in God alone.
Don’t doubt, fear, or falter,
but bend to His will and power.
Trust Him.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Whether you succeed or fail is largely determined by whether you believe or doubt. It is called faith, and it is a real power.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“If miracles are no more, it is because faith is no more. Faith brings about miracles, not the other way around.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Have faith and endure your trials well. Know that God compensates us for the pain and losses in our lives. Someday your heart will heal. Someday it will feel as if those years never happened, or at the very least, as if they were nothing more than a very bad dream.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Faith is not hoping or wishing something will happen, it is trusting it will happen in God’s way and in His timing.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“There are many things in this world that we do not know, that we cannot see, that we do not perceive or comprehend. But I have faith in a god who sees and perceives all, who knows and comprehends all. It is God upon whom I rely.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Faith is not to be reserved for only difficult times. Faith is not confirmed solely in blessed times. Faith is not a rationed, desperate means to be used when hopelessness, fear, or frustration set in. Faith is power for each moment of each day. It is meant for all situations, from the mundane to the most critical. Faith is constant trust in every evidence you experience indicating that God is there.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“If the faith of a mustard seed can move mountains, imagine what the faith of a coconut seed could do!”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“I would not have complete confidence in God if He had not come through for me, time and again. My faith has taken years to grow and develop through the proffering of long, desperate prayers and the endurance of hard, exhausting trials. My faith is not based purely on hope for God’s existence but on evidences that He lives and is fully aware of me. Faith has taught me in whom to trust. Faith has shown me to whom I should turn when in need of anything.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Faith is knowing you are not alone. It is realizing that God is right at your side. It is understanding that no matter what happens in life, He will be there to help you through it.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“When you have real faith, you act on it. Otherwise, you gain nothing. It’s like when you have an ice cream cone, you eat it. Otherwise, well… it melts.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Reality and fantasy are not two separate spheres but one whole. They are like a world's atmosphere―reality behaving as a low front, fantasy a high front. Each remains somewhat distinguishable and yet they swirl and join, affecting and manipulating the other. One cannot perceive where reality ends and fantasy begins, but life would grow stagnant and die without the influence of both.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“I was breaking down, wanting to fade away and cry, yet I feared ever being invisible again. My head lowered to conceal my humiliation behind a curtain of hair where I trembled as if sobbing.
“Hey, Gwen, it’s okay. It’s okay. Calm down.”
I yearned to feel Daniel’s soft touch meet my temple and then trace along my ear, brushing back the hairs from my face. What I wanted was the comfort his caress always afforded me. He moved as if he would grant my wish, realizing at the last moment that neither of us possessed the power to touch the other.
“Your hair, Gwen.”
I refused to do what he wanted. I didn’t care for him to see the shame plainly visible in my features. But the next thing I knew, his blue eyes were staring up at me from the ground, a glare reflecting off his glasses. The guy had dropped his books to fall over for a clear view of my face. His desperation made me laugh.
“It’s going to be okay, Gwen, I promise."
—from "Phantom's Veil”
“If you never bother to say the words, why should anyone believe you ever felt them?”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Stand up.
Face the new day.
Reach a little farther.
Do what you fear you cannot do.
Be bold.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Love conquers all. I do not mean the exhilarating, spell-bound sort of love that temporarily intoxicates us. I mean the profound, unconditional, Christ-like sort of charitable love that endures forever. That love conquers all.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Personal problems appear big because we press our nose to the glass to observe them. This only serves to magnify our troubles. The problems of others we tend to view at a reasonable distance from the window, making their woes and bothers appear ordinary. Too bad we don't naturally take a few steps back before considering our own plight.”
“You won’t solve your problems by drowning others in them.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“A thought can prompt. Words can stir. But it takes action to attain a dream.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“I walk at night under a moonless sky. Only the terrain guides my steps, yet my footfall is as sure as if a dozen suns lit the way. I go to meet you under a leafless tree that never seems to grow or alter its shape. I am uncertain if it still lives or has learned to disguise its death. The same thought crosses my mind when I feel your cold fingers take my hand. It is not the tree I reflect upon.
‘Do you still love me?’ The words tumble clumsily out of the dark.
Hesitation is its own answer, but I reply ‘I’m here’ anyway as if my words were whispered comfort and not a weathered blade. They are taken wrong.
‘I love you too.’
Your arms wrap me up and clamp tightly around my waist. An old, familiar kiss hardens my lips. I wonder why it is I return to this place every year where only memories remain fond. Perhaps it is because I keep hoping this leafless tree will either change or die.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Frozen yogurt is tastier than ice cream; nobody is too old for cartoons; bald men are sexy; chocolate is the best medicine; BIG books are better; cats secretly rule the planet; and everything should be available in the color pink, including monster trucks.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“The sun shines every day without being told that it is brilliant. The mountains stand tall and majestic though no one informs them of their grandeur. The winds twirl and dance with clouds, minus cheers or compliments to inspire their moves. Flowers bloom, showing off colors, long before passing smiles acknowledge any beauty. The ocean claps at its own underwater chorus without topside ears listening. What is the world trying to tell you?
Be wonderful because you are.
Quit waiting to be told so first.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“The earth provides us a brand new beginning every twenty-four hours. It is a repeated invitation to breathe in the cool morning air and start afresh; to mimic the sunrise and brighten up while reaching once more for the sky; to carry a glad song in our heart like the early birds; and, as faithfully as the morning dew, to wash off the dust from yesterday.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year