Leap of Faith

Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many

reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. 

Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to 

go forward or backward; if you go forward,

you have to jump together. ~Yo-Yo Ma

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to

service. Without it, nothing is possible. With

it, nothing is impossible. ~Mary McLeod Bethune

Abiding Faith

Amidst the confusion of the times, the

conflicts of conscience, and turmoil of

daily living, an abiding faith becomes 

an anchor to our lives. ~Thomas S. Monson

All the world is made of faith, 

and trust, and pixie-dust. ~J.M. Barrie

Faith Liberation

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to

achieve anything requires faith and belief in

yourself, vision, hard work, determination,

and dedication. Remember all things are

possible for those who believe. ~Gail Devers

Fear clogs; faith liberates. ~Elbert Hubbard

Faith Vision

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; 

These are its sign and note and character. ~Robert Browning

It takes vision and courage to create - 

it takes faith and courage to prove. ~Owen D. Young

Strength of Faith

Faith is the strength by which a shattered

world shall emerge into the light. ~Helen Keller

Faith is a knowledge within the heart,

beyond the reach of proof. ~Khalil Gibran

Believe... Faith... Strength...

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond

the power of reason to believe. ~Voltaire

Be faithful in small things because it is in

them that your strength lies. ~Mother Teresa

Personal Courage

Someone once told me the one thread that

runs through them all is a premium on

personal courage - not intellectual courage,

but just plain physical courage. ~Walter Lord

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. ~Steve Jobs 

Courage Conquers...

Courage is the price that life exacts 

for granting peace. ~Amelia Earhart

Courage conquers all things: it even 

gives strength to the body. ~Ovid

Healing Courage

There can be no great courage where there 

is no confidence or assurance, and half the

battle is in the conviction that we can 

do what we undertake. ~Orison Swett Marden

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it. ~Tori Amos

Courage...Courage...Courage...

It is courage, courage, courage that 

raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. 

Love bravely and present a brave 

front to adversity. ~Horace

I learned that courage was not the absence 

of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave

woman is not she who does not feel afraid,

but she who conquers that fear. ~Nelson Mandela

Unlikely Courage

Courage is found in unlikely places. ~J.R.R. Tolkien

I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself. ~Loretta Young

What Is Courage?

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. ~C.S. Lewis

You will never do anything in this world

without courage. It is the greatest quality

of the mind next to honor. ~Aristotle

Hope's Possibilities

God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us - in the dreariest and most dreaded moments - 

can see a possibility of hope. ~Maya Angelou

Hope is patience with the lamp lit. ~Tertullian

Carry Hope

The wings of hope carry us, soaring high 

above the driving winds of life. ~Ana Jacob

Hope is necessary in every condition. 

The miseries of poverty, sickness, 

of captivity, would, without this comfort, 

be insupportable. ~Samuel Johnson

Always Hope

A strong mind always hopes, and 

has always cause to hope. ~Thomas Carlyle

I look at my cancer journey as a gift:

it made me slow down and realize the

important things in life and taught me 

to not sweat the small stuff. ~Olivia Newton-John

Hopes & Dreams

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the 

dream of yesterday is the hope of today and 

the reality of tomorrow. ~Robert H. Schuller

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings. ~Victor Hugo

Hope Blossoms

Few things in the world are more powerful 

than a positive push. A smile. A world 

of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' 

when things are tough. ~Richard M. DeVos

Where hope grows, miracles blossom. ~Elna Rae

Hope Sings...

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches 

in the soul - and sings the tunes without 

words - and never stops at all. ~Emily Dickinson

Once you choose hope, anything's possible. 

~Christopher Reeve

Pink Perseverance

 A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ~Christopher Reeve

Toughness is in the soul and spirit, 

not in muscles. ~Alex Karras

What Remains Behind

That though the radiance which was once so bright 

be now forever taken from my sight. 

Though nothing can bring back the hour 

of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower.

We will grieve not, rather find strength 

in what remains behind. ~William Wordsworth

Cancer is a journey, but you walk the road alone. 

There are many places to stop along the way 

and get nourishment - you just 

have to be willing to take it. ~Emily Hollenberg

Find Your Strength

Be faithful in small things because it is in

them that your strength lies. ~Mother Teresa

People go through challenging moments of losing people and of having their life threatened from illness and real grief. But they get through it. And that's the testament to the human spirit and it's -- 

we are fragile, but we also are divine. ~Sheryl Crow

Strength of Heart

As we advance in life it becomes more 

and more difficult, but in fighting 

the difficulties the inmost strength 

of the heart is developed. ~Vincent Van Gogh

Yesterday I dared to struggle. 

Today I dare to win. ~Bernadette Devlin

Strong Souls

Out of suffering have emerged the 

strongest souls; the most massive 

characters are seared with scars. ~Khalil Gibran

With over 3 million women battling breast cancer today, everywhere  you turn there is a 

mother, daughter, sister, or friend who has been affected by breast cancer. ~Betsey Johnson

Strength of Pink

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ~Helen Keller

In honor of those fighting, battling and surviving breast cancer...We will be pink for the month of October. This week will focus on strength.