Brother Lawrence Quotes

Live as if you have faith,” she said, “and faith shall be given to you.

Faith is what gets you started. Hope is what keeps you going. Love is what brings you to the end.

That all things are possible to him who believes, that they are less difficult to him who hopes, they are more easy to him who loves, and still more easy to him who perseveres in the practice of these three virtues.

No soul that aspires can ever fail to rise; no heart that loves can ever be abandoned. Difficulties exist only that in overcoming them we may grow strong, and they who have suffered are able to save.

That is why he is a Warrior of the Light, because he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than he is.

Never give up hope. Know that you are loved.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, let them complain over what might have been, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, let them be discouraged, let them be revengeful and vindictive, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, let them become materialistic and empty, but not you. Let others become ungrateful and stop praying, but not you! Let others give up, but not you! For you know in whom you believe and you know that He is always able. Now, that's you!

If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often.

My songs are always about overcoming things, whether it's breaking up with a guy or just trying to be happy. They're always about being better.

My whole life has been about confronting cynicism.

Sometimes it looks like God's abandoned you, but not for any reason. To make your faith grow and to see that, no matter what happens, you come out OK... It's all for your good. It's all for love, and it's all for making you a strong person.

No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.

Don't let anyone rob you of hope.

Never give up. There is always hope, there is always life. You've just gotta open your heart to it. Live in love.

Man, just believe in yourself, be able to dream, and know that there's going to be valleys and peaks. Always stay centered, and know that God is the key, the beginning and end of everything you do.

When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don't wait until you feel better.

Hope looks for unqualified success; but Faith counts certainly on failure, and takes honorable defeat to be a form of victory.

You have to walk and believe that you can find the light.

You can do amazing things if you have strong faith, deep desire, and just hang in there.

It's you, so I feel that a person who will understand you, a person who will find you is waiting out there. So just keep on trying your best.

Even if you may be down to the worst, the best is potentially within you. You only have to find it, release it, and rise up with it. This requires courage and character, to be sure, but the main requirement is faith. Cultivate faith and you will have the necessary courage and character.

Cause I am strong and I can prove it And I got my dreams to see me through It's just a mountain, I can move it And with faith enough there's nothing I can't do And I can see the light of a clear blue morning And I can see the light of brand new day I can see the light of a clear blue morning And everything's gonna be all right It's gonna be okay [lyrics from "Light of a Clear Blue Morning"]

You're never without hope, because you're never without prayer.

I think it's important for people to know that it's okay to feel like you're not better as long as you keep trying.

You can't insure against the future, except by really believing in the best bit of you, and in the power beyond it.