Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

True, trust necessarily carries with it uncertainties, but we must force ourselves to think about these uncertainties as possibilities and opportunities, not as liabilities.

There's stuff going on in the world right now, which you can't imagine why is this happening; it's crazy. I don't know what the answer is, but if you didn't have faith in the universe that somehow something great would arrive at the end, then we'd all give up, and that would be a waste of everyone's time.

Learning how to relive again on life's terms sure doesn't do much for your confidence. You have to kind of walk in faith that the next step is going to be just a little bit better than the last step.

Just when you think it can't get worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it will. But as long as you remember that he loves you and you love him you'll be just fine.

Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt, And cling to faith beyond the forms of faith; She reels not at the storm of warring words; She brightens at the clash of "Yes" and "No"; She sees the best that glimmers through the worst; She feels the sun is hid for the night; She spies the summer through the winter bud; She tastes the fruit before the blossom falls; She hears the lark within the songless egg; She finds the fountain where they wailed "Mirage!"

I think that hope is the act of continuing in the face of the truth.

Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.

No matter what happens, I feel very good about the future.

Sometimes I have a hard time distinguishing between faith and hope.

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.

God's got something for me. I have faith it'll be OK.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

So, instead, I try to put in light and hope for the best.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.

You have to muster a certain amount of belief that you're not making a mistake and you're not a fool. And this means you have to have faith.

I always believe things are going to work out.

Have a little faith. Don't give up.

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

Something will turn up.

I chose rather to indulge my hopes than fears.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing.