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Hope

Confidence that meaningful good is still possible

The Best Day

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year....

Nothing Great Without Enthusiasm

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm....

Learning to Sail

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship....

A Determined Soul

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul....

Hitch Your Wagon

Hitch your wagon to a star....

Peace From Within

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself....

Heaven Under Our Feet

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads....

Patience and Will

He that can have patience can have what he will....

Dreamers Save the World

The dreamers are the saviours of the world....

Lives of Great Men

Lives of great men all remind us / We can make our lives sublime,...

The Heights Reached

The heights by great men reached and kept / Were not attained by sudden flight,...

Some Rain Must Fall

Into each life some rain must fall....

Uses of Adversity

Sweet are the uses of adversity....

Be Not Afraid of Greatness

Be not afraid of greatness....

A Good Deed Shines

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world....

The Sun Still Shines

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining....

Footprints on the Sands

Footprints, that perhaps another, sailing o'er life's solemn main, a forlorn and shipwrecked brother, seeing, shall take heart again....

Medicine but Hope

The miserable have no other medicine but only hope....

Conscious Endeavour

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavour....

Rise Again

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again:...

A Mingled Yarn

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together....

Out of Suffering Comes Song

Out of the shadows of night / The world rolls into light; / It is daybreak everywhere....

Hope Deferred

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life....

Compensation in Disappointment

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment....

Not Too Late

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world....

They Also Serve

They also serve who only stand and wait....

Heaviness in the Heart

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad....

Cast Thy Bread

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days....

Darkness and Delay

What though the field be lost? All is not lost....

The Morn Shall Come

Into each life some rain must fall, / Some days must be dark and dreary....

Offer The Sacrifices Of

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD...

But Let All Those

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee...

O Lord My God

O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me...

And They That Know

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee...

In The Lord Put

In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?...

But I Have Trusted

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation...

Preserve Me O God

Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust...

Shew Thy Marvellous Lovingkindness

Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them...

The Lord Is My

The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower...

As For God His

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him...

Some Trust In Chariots

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God...

For The King Trusteth

For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved...

Our Fathers Trusted In

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them...

They Cried Unto Thee

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded...

He Trusted On The

He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him...

O My God I

O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me...

O Keep My Soul

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee...

Judge Me O Lord

Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide...

Wait On The Lord

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD...

The Lord Is My

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him...

In Thee O Lord

In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness...

I Have Hated Them

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD...

But I Trusted In

But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God...

Oh How Great Is

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!...

Be Of Good Courage

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD...

Many Sorrows Shall Be

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about...

For Our Heart Shall

For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name...

O Taste And See

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him...

The Lord Redeemeth The

The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate...

How Excellent Is Thy

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings...

Trust In The Lord

Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed...

Commit Thy Way Unto

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass...

And The Lord Shall

And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him...

And He Hath Put

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD...

Blessed Is That Man

Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies...

Yea Mine Own Familiar

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me...

For I Will Not

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me...