Be A Conduit Of Hope…Elie Wiesel

“Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.” 

—Elie Wiesel

#LeadershipTuesdays: Stand Up and Be Counted...Robert F. Kennedy

“It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man [woman] stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he [she] sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”

--Robert F. Kennedy, 1966

A Woman of Hope...Lynette Lewis

"Whatever challenges I face, heartaches I endure, discouragements that come, I choose to be a woman of hope, hope is a choice not a feeling."

--Lynette Lewis, Speaker, Author, Corporate Consultant, and Founder of Stop Child Trafficking Now.org

For more on Lynette Lewis, see http://www.lynettelewis.com/.

Image credits: 

*David Rosen, Women laughing, PHOTOGRAPHY WEBSITE AND BLOG www.davidrosenphotography.com

*Anwar Shamim, “The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell”, The Power of Women in Native Bangladeshi, Literature, woman, costume, poor, homeless, Dhaka, Bangladesh. www.facebook.com/Shamim-Photography

*Anwar Shamim

*Parker Knight

Today I Decide...Nona

Today I decide to look up and see hope.

Today I decide to look within and see possibility.

Today I decide to look around and see beauty.

Today I decide.

Find Your Hope In Unchanging Truisms

Hold on to the eternal and unchanging: love, truth, faith, joy, kindness and goodness.

Happy New Year!!

from womenatliberty.com, #LeadershipTuesdays and #WomenMakingHistory!

The Path To The Miraculous...Shannon L. Alder

“You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle.”
 
--Shannon L. Alder

Securing Our Freedom...Ralph J. Bunche

"The well-being and the hopes of the peoples of the world can never be served until peace - as well as freedom, honor and self-respect - is secure." 

--Ralph J. Bunche

Faith Is...

Faith is...Believing God is present when everybody else is absent.

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²² The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; ²³ they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23 The Bible (English Standard Version)

Vision = Hope...George Washington Carver

Where there is no vision, there is no hope. 

--George Washington Carver

Courage Can Be Contagious...Michelle Obama | Happy Birthday!

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

--Michelle L. Obama, First Lady of the United States (2009 -- )

Happy 50th Birthday, Mrs. Obama!!
And many more....

Hope Is...Desmond Tutu

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

--Desmond Tutu 

Hope Sings And Never Stops...Emily Dickinson

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

--Emily Dickinson

Hope Gets It Done...Martin Luther

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

--Martin Luther

You Can Rise...Angelique Kidjo!!

“You can fall, but you can rise also.” 

-- Angelique Kidjo

Never Lose Hope...Martin Luther King Jr.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
 
 --Martin Luther King, Jr.

You're In Pretty Good Shape...Dr. Seuss

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

--Dr. Seuss 

SMILE IT'S A NEW DAY...Ellen Wookey

“We never know what a day will bring us, but one thing we do know is that every morning we can wake up, smile and hope for the best. SMILE IT'S A NEW DAY”

― Ellen K. Wookey

And while you're here, enjoy this song by Kirk Franklin:

"SMILE"

Hope...Christopher Reeve

"Once you choose hope, anything's possible." 

--Christopher Reeve

Hope...Psalm

LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. 

 --Psalm 10:17