Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.
- Topic: Adversity, Hope
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More Quotes from Martin Luther King Jr.
We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.
Now, I say to you today my friends, event though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.
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Whenever sorrow comes, be kind to it. For God has placed a pearl in sorrow’s hand.
Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.
You will learn that no matter how many pieces your heart was broken into, the world will not stop for you to fix it.
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.
If people knew how hard worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
Put your greatest possession on the tallest shelf, so if you fall you have something to reach for.
Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?
Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.
The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future, too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to speak.
We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.
Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out good hope of the advantages they would have.
For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.
God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us — in the dreariest and most dreaded moments — can see a possibility of hope.
