Determination
We were saved, and we have this hope.
Romans 8:24
You know the old saying, that where there is life there is hope. But I know a better one. Just turn it around: Where there is hope there is life. You’re never defeated, you’re never beaten down as long as you have hope.
And true hope. Hope that saves, is hope in God. It isn’t blind hope, or egotistic hope, but hope in God. It is God who fives power. God is the great renewing force. Get God in your heart. If he comes in, hope comes in. Keep this thought in mind as difficulties and sorrows and sickness and trouble come upon you. Jeep in mind that, like spring, hope always comes back.
Hope! What a word it is! Say it to yourself the last thing before you go to bed; say it the first thing in the morning. Let it permeate your subconscious. Hope will solve all your problems. It will solve world problems. Hope will guarantee that you stay alive all your life. Go out and spread hope all up and down the streets as you walk them - hope for the world, hope in God, hope in the future.
by Norman Vincent Peale