Nicholas Sparks Quotes

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.

Despair is the only genuine atheism.

Even in the inevitable moments when all seems hopeless, men know that without hope they cannot really live, and in agonizing desperation they cry for the bread of hope.

If God was dead, how could I feel this bad?

I think the one thing that I cannot do without each day is hope. If you put me in a position where you took all my hope away, I'm not sure I could make it through the day.

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

If we lose our hope, that's our real disaster!

Despair the twin-born of devotion.

The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

If we are a people who pray, darkness is apt to be a lot of what our prayers are about. If we are people who do not pray, it is apt to be darkness in one form or another that has stopped our mouths.

Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.

My experiences of men has neither disposed me to think worse of them nor be indisposed to serve them: nor, in spite of failures which I lament, of errors which I now see and acknowledge, or the present aspect of affairs, do I despair of the future. The truth is this: The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope.

For ridding oneself of faith is like boiling seawater to retrieve the salt--something is gained but something is lost.

By the grace of God alone, I was able to still focus, when it was time for me to do my job, and I think I've done it pretty good, and I know I can buckle down even more.

Never are we nearer the Light than when the darkness is deepest.

The more I think about the human suffering in our world and my desire to offer a healing response, the more I realize how crucial it is not to allow myself to become paralyzed by feelings of helplessness and guilt. More important than ever is to be very faithful to my vocation to do well the few things I am called to do and hold on to the joy and peace they bring me. I must resist the temptation to let the forces of darkness pull me into despair and make me one more of their many victims.

Oh, Callie-mine," Anne said, her voice taking on a tone she'd used when Callie was a little girl and crying over some injustice, "your white knight, he will come." One side of Callie's mouth kicked up in a wry smile. Anne had said those words countless times over the last two decades. "Forgive me, Anne, but I'm not so certain that he will." Oh, he will," Anne said firmly. "And when you least expect." I find I'm rather tired of waiting." Callie laughed half-heartedly. "Which is probably why I've turned my attentions to such a dark knight.

I have fought and kicked and fasted and prayed and cursed and cried myself to the point of existing.

From behind the shadow of the still small voice — more awful than tempest or earthquake — more sure and persistent than day and night — is always sounding full of hope and strength to the weariest of us all, Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

We have no hope and yet we live in longing.

The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.

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