"Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day."
- Markus Zusak
Adversity
"Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are."
- Markus Zusak
Self-esteem
"I'd rather chase the Sun than wait for it."
- Markus Zusak
Ambition
"“All told, she owned fourteen books, but she saw her story as being made up predominantly of ten of them. Of those ten, six were stolen, one showed up at the kitchen table, two were made for her by a hidden Jew, and one was delivered by a soft, yellow-dressed afternoon.”"
- Markus Zusak
Reflection
"It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement."
- Markus Zusak
New Beginnings
"Happiness is possible even in the midst of darkness."
- Beauty and the Beast
Hope
"No one is beyond redemption."
- Beauty and the Beast
Hope
"You will … hear us declare with Moroni that hope is essential if we are to ‘receive [the] inheritance [God] hast prepared [for us]’ [Ether 12:32]. We want you to claim that inheritance as sons and daughters of a king. To do that, we must realize that hope is not just the message and manner of the naturally optimistic; it is the privilege of everyone who believes."
- Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Hope
"Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden."
- Cormac McCarthy
Hope
"Light tomorrow with today."
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Hope