Hope overrides, the disappointments of the day

"Hope is realistic anticipation taking the form of determination—a determination not merely to survive but to 'endure … well' to the end ."

"Those with true hope often see their personal circumstances shaken, like kaleidoscopes, again and again. Yet with the 'eye of faith,' they still see divine pattern and purpose.

"Hope helps us to walk by faith, not by sight. This can actually be safer.

When unaided spiritually, natural sight often shrinks from the odds. It is immobilized by improbabilities. Mauled by his moods and intimidated by his fears, the natural man overreacts to, while hope overrides, the disappointments of the day."

"Having ultimate hope does not mean we will always be rescued from proximate

problems, but we will be rescued from everlasting death! Meanwhile, ultimate

hope makes it possible to say the same three words used centuries ago by

three valiant men. They knew God could rescue them from the fiery furnace,

if He chose. 'But if not,' they said, nevertheless, they would still serve Him!"

"Just as doubt, despair, and desensitization go together, so do faith, hope, and charity. The latter, however, must be carefully and constantly nurtured, whereas despair, like dandelions, needs so little encouragement to sprout and spread. Despair comes so naturally to the natural man! "   

"By pressing forward, we can stand on what was yesterday's horizon, thereby

drawing hope from our own experiences."

quotes by Neal A. Maxwell