What is hope? Like love, it is hard to define, but easy to recognize, a state of being that compels us to go on. It is a feeling that we have what we need to continue our journey to the next moment.
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Related 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD Next generations will not know what is to have childhood. DANIEL MELGAçO What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. To love is to act. VICTOR HUGO I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. 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NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delive... DAN FLAVIN What Fucks me... is that we both are the same... we all walk on the same path... but everything is a... DEYTH BANGER I’m glad I see with my eyes and not the pages I’ve read. ALBERTO CAEIRO It is better to be a pragmatist than a lunatic. 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People think that simple things are on the seashore, ... C. JOYBELL C. We all must learn that in some cases there is something much worse than saying the wrong thing; that... RICHARD BELLZON I dialed the number slowly, wanting to get it right. Two rings, and he picked up. "Yes," I sai... SARAH DESSEN People want the here and now, rather than the there and after; as most are living in the where and w... ANTHONY LICCIONE If you think like a leader, act like a leader, inspire like a leader then you are a leader. DEBASISH MRIDHA When you add love to sex, it feels as if your soul is being drawn from the chains of gravity into th... CHLOE THURLOW She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr... GAIL CARRIGER I saw that there is no Nature, That Nature doesn’t exist, That there are hills, valleys,... ALBERTO CAEIRO You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married." "I... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS Despite his best efforts, maintaining dignity in a head attached to an unclean body wrapped in uncle... DAN GROAT Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... Life is a journey. When we stop, things don't go right. POPE FRANCIS The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship. E. W. HOWE Love? I always thought love was just something that ate away your sanity, left you with an inferiori... TOMOKO HAYAKAWA I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. Trust might be the only solution. NEIL TIMOTHY P. EDILLON To err is human, but it feels divine. MAE WEST We are far from perfect but willing to be different. 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