Encouragement

Spiritual encouragement quotes, sayings & poems:

• God knows best
  Our Father knows what's best for us,
  So why should we complain ...
  We always want the sunshine,
  But He knows there must be rain.
  
  We love the sound of laughter
  And the merriment of cheer;
  But our hearts would lose their tenderness
  If we never shed a tear.
  
  Our Father tests us often
  With suffering and with sorrow;
  He tests us, not to punish us,
  But to help us meet "tomorrow."
  
  For growing trees are strengthened
  When they withstand the storm;
  And the sharp cut of the chisel
  Gives the marble grace and form.
  
  God never hurts us needlessly,
  And He never wastes our pain;
  For every loss He sends to us
  Is followed by rich gain.
  
  And when we count the blessings
  That God has so freely sent;
  We will find no cause for murmuring
  And no time to lament.
  
  For Our Father loves His children,
  And to Him all things are plain;
  So He never sends us "pleasure"
  When the "soul's deep need is pain."
  
  So whenever we are troubled,
  And when everything goes wrong,
  It is just God working in us
  To make "our spirits strong.
  
  - Helen Steiner Rice

• There is a supreme power and ruling force which pervades and rules the boundless universe. You are a part of this power. - Prentice Mulford

• Some people are always grumbling that roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses. - Alphonse Karr

• The life of your dreams, everything you would love to be, do or have,
  has always been closer to you than you knew...
  because the power to everything you want is inside you. - Rhonda Byrne

• Great hopes make great men. - Thomas Fuller