John Bacon Quotes

The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.

Surviving and thriving in the wake of my mother's loss, I learned to believe in God. He has a plan, if you pay attention to the signs. I am inspired by the absolute proof of miracles.

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.

Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

'Harry Potter' changed my life in more ways than one, and it helped me get through my mother's death.

When you have closed the Bible, you have neither closed God's mind nor shut God's mouth. God continues to speak, live and exist. I think we should consult the living God for the living word for living people dealing with death, destruction and despair in the midst of our hurt humanity. I believe love will conquer all.

Religion provides the only story that is fundamentally consoling in the face of the worst possible experiences - the death of a parent, for instance. In fact, many religions take away the problem entirely, because their adherents ostensibly believe that they're going to be reunited with everyone they love, and death is an illusion.

I am left alone in the wide world. My own dear family I have buried: one in Rangoon, and two in Amherst. What remains for me but to hold myself in readiness to follow the dear departed to that blessed world, 'Where my best friends, my kindred dwell, where God, my Saviour, reigns.'

My faith keeps me strong.

There are a lot of battles to face, and if I didn't have that religious core - that base to turn to - I would be truly lost.

We shall see our friends again. We can lay them in the grave; we know they are safe with God.

For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There's a purpose for why you're in the fire. If God can use a man without arms and legs to be His hands and feet, then He will certainly use any willing heart!

I remember the first time going to St. Jude. I didn't like going there because the children were ill, and it just broke my heart. It makes you test your religion when you see something like that. But the Lord doesn't want just old people. You know, He wants some young people, too, and good people. He takes care of them. He takes care of them.

Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.

Death can't be so bad if mom went through it. It makes it easier for the child to follow.

A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.

I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it.

Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith.

I think that for some people faith is good - they have something to draw to.

No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible.

Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.

Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives.