3 Quotes by Penelope J. Stokes

The real challenge of life was not fulfilling one's dreams, but being willing to give them up for the sake of a greater call.

Everyone has known what it's like to see their dreams crumble. But these women...have found something more stable to hang onto. They're not content and fulfilled because circumstances turned out the way they hoped, but because of their faith in a God who is above circumstance.

Carlene thought for a minute. "I guess just that we don't always have to get on our knees and compose some intentional kind of prayer. God sees beyond the walls we erect around our souls, walls of self-protection or self-sufficiency.""You mean that God hears when our hearts call out, even if the cry is too faint for human ears?" Deidre asked. "Exactly," Carlene nodded. "It's the universal, quintessential prayer. Help.