“Hope is to a man as a bladder to a learning swimmer--it keeps him from sinking in the bosom of the waves, and by that help he may attain the exercise; but yet it many times makes him venture beyond his height, and then if that breaks, or a storm rises, he drowns without recovery. How many would die, did not hope sustain them! How many have died by hoping too much! This wonder we find in Hope, that she is both a flatterer and a true friend.” IfsMenMayHelpingDiesHopeWonderBreakToo MuchExerciseDiedWaveStormRecoveryHeightVentureTrue FriendBosomsSinkingSwimmerFlattererBladder Author:Owen Feltham
“I want to believe that I'm not wrong. I want to believe that life isn't full of darkness. Even if storms come to pass, the sun will shine again. No matter how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me.” IfsWantBelieveMayMatterHardHopeDarknessSunBeatsRainShiningPainfulStormFruits Basket Author:Natsuki Takaya
“Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms, if you only let them.” IfsTryingDreamHopeOptimismCloudsStormAspirationHopefulDreams And AspirationsHopes DreamsAirborneAbove The Clouds Author:William James
“Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.” MindHas BeensHopeLeadershipHeroDifficultyEncouragementAdversityStormProductivityConfusionProductiveHeroicThunderCalamityBoltsFurnacesHottest Author:Charles Caleb Colton
“Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.” DoeHopeChristEncouragementStormAnchorsStorms Of LifeHope In Christ Book:Hope Again: When Life Hurts and Dreams Fade Source: Hope Again: When Life Hurts and Dreams Fade
“The hopeful man sees success where others see failure, sunshine where others see shadows and storm.” MenSuccessHopeShadowStormHopefulSunshine Book:The Optimistic Life Source: The Optimistic Life
“Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.” InspirationalPastSpiritSufferingFaithHopeBearsQuietPatienceStormResignationSereneBlazingBeing Patience Author:Corazon Aquino
“It is in the long hours of silence, pain and agony that wonders are born. A mother in the labor room doesn't think about the pain. Her strength to push is inspired by the beauty of the miracle that is to come! It's after the darkest of night, on the backs of the moments that bring us to our knees, that the strength of our souls is born and our hopes renewed! Don't give up, PUSH!” LifeInspirationPainHopeAttitudeStrengthHeartbreakStormStruggles Author:Njau Kihia