I think of the garden after the rain; And hope to my heart comes singing, At morn the cherry-blooms will be white, And the Easter bells be ringing! – Edna Dean Procter, Easter Bells

If you really have got a faith, you ought to be the happiest person in the world The belief that you matter to God and that this world is in God’s hands ought to make you a happy and serene person. – ?

Matt. 8:26 He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.

Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory. – Norman Vincent Peale

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you! – Pericles (430 B.C.)

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. — Thomas Jefferson