Sherrilyn Kenyon Quotes

Even when you feel you've reached the end or edge of life, hold on. Life itself will ultimately take care of you.

So you mustn't be frightened, dear Mr. Kappus, if a sadness rises in front of you, larger than any you have ever seen; if an anxiety - like light and cloud-shadows, moves over your hands and everything you do. You must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in the palm of its hand and will not let you fall.

It is impressive to see a person who has been battered by life in many ways, who is torn by a variety of unsolved problems, who may be alienated from many aspects of the self-but who is still fighting, still struggling, still striving to find the path to a fulfilling existence, moved by the wisdom of knowing, "I am more than my problems."

If you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack

I don't know what should have happened in my life, but I do know that I'm dancing as fast as I can.

Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.

All of us are vulnerable, and at times we all feel adrift. But somehow, we all muddle through.

To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word.

There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.

Life must go on, even if it's no joke...just pretend to believe in the future.

Faith slips - and laughs, and rallies

Say a prayer for the pretender, who started out so young and strong only to surrender.

I don't know what the future holds, but I know that God holds tomorrow, so it is exciting. Even when I have hard things happen, He loves me so big, so much. I come through it and I grow from it, because He has got me.

Life is such a precious gift. Whatever life throws at us, if we could just learn to get through that day and hang on to the next, you never know what may come. It may get worse, but you never know.

When you're caught up in the storm or, you know, just the turmoil of everything that there is another side and you do get through it. And you know, just standing by the truth and doing the right thing.

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

You've got keep your head up, keep fighting, and do the best you can.

And when things get tough, trust there is a bigger plan and that you will be stronger for it.

I knew that things were going to hurt. I knew that things weren't always going to be perfect. But I could trust that I could make it through it.

I like to think of hope as a fact and something that wins out always. Whether you're hopeful or not, actually, you do get through what you're in the middle of. When you're in it, you don't feel like that's possible. But time and time again, we're proven wrong.

Within all of us there is a storm. Some believe it will never end: but he who has faith in the heavens above will weather any storm.

Your struggle is your strength. If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything.

When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.

I am of the opinion, and even more so the older I get, that it is more difficult to have hope than it is to despair. And I mean this in the sense that in order to have hope you must acknowledge the despair and then you have to get beyond it. Taken from a radio interview given on BBC Radio 4's Open Book

There is this fine line between presenting to You all of my weakness and thinking that it can't be done. In Your strength, I find my own.