God of Hope

You cannot save people, you can only love them. -Anais Nin

I am an instrument strung but preferring to play itself because it thinks it knows the tune better than the Musician. -C. S. Lewis

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. -George Washington

Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures. -Vincent Van Gogh

What we do when defeat stares us in the face is the real touchstone of character. -Orison Swett Marden

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. (Romans 3:23)

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant? -Henry David Thoreau

Leadership is not someone at the top. It’s the person who takes the initiative and takes responsibility for either the opportunity or the crisis right in front of them. -Os Guiness, social critic

So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. (1 Peter 1:13)

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. (James 5:17)

Love is not just looking at each other; it’s looking in the same direction. -Antoine de Saint Exupéry

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. -William Ward Ayer