Anne Lamott Quotes

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Faith is the bird that sings while it is yet dark.

However dark our lot may be, there is light enough on the other side of the cloud.

Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown.

HOPE sustains us through despair. Hope teaches that there is reason to rejoice...even when all seems dark around us.

Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.

Hope is the enduring belief in the attainability of fervent wishes, in spite of the dark urges and rages which mark the beginning of existence. Hope is the ontogenetic basis of faith, and is nourished by the adult faith which pervades patterns of care.

It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

Hope is not a form of guarantee; it's a form of energy, and very frequently that energy is strongest in circumstances that are very dark.

Courage and comfort, all shall yet go well

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

No matter how dark and gloomy it looks in your life right now, if you'll release the weight of those burdens, you will see the sun break forth.

Reflecting on his years in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote that there were dark moments that tested his faith in humanity, but he refused to give up.

If it weren't for the dark days, we wouldn't know what it is to walk in the light.

Even on the darkest night, my friend, life will have its way.

I like to keep my issues drawn, it's always darkest before the dawn.

Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down.

Hope springs eternal.

There are always lessons to be found in the darkest moments. It's a moral obligation to dig deep and find that little glimmer of hope or pearl of wisdom.

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

A certain darkness is needed to see the stars.

I do not believe this darkness will endure.

Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have faith to see it.

No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.