Lewis B. Smedes Quotes

Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of today, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow.

That was all a man needed: hope. It was lack of hope that discouraged a man.

Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. Others have called this deepest quality confidence, and I have referred to trust as the earliest positive psychosocial attitude, but if life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.

Hope is the mainspring of life.

The most powerful weapon is hope.

Where there is hope...there is life

The most important word in the English language is hope.

Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Under no circumstances should you lose hope.

People are hungry for messages of hope and life.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.

Keep hope alive!

I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.

Hope keeps us going.

I think hope is the belief that tomorrow can be better than today, and I don't lose hope.

I'm a great believer in needing things that give us some hope.

. . . show the other side, the one that gets people out of bed the next morning, makes them scratch and scrape and fight for their lives because someone is telling them that they're going to be okay.

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

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

Hope is the mother of faith.

Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.

In times of difficulty we must not lose sight of our achievements, must see the bright future and must pluck up our courage.