Habakkuk Introduction–1:1 

“Habakkuk signifies an embracer, or one who embraces another, takes him into his arms. He embraces his people, and takes them to his arms, i.e., he comforts them and holds them up, as one embraces a weeping child, to quiet it with the assurance that, if God wills, it shall soon be better.”
   –Martin Luther’s definition of the name “Habakkuk” from Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Haggai by Dr. Charles Feinberg 

Habakkuk 2:13-20 

“In our youth we had a profound sense of national purpose that we lost over the years of our rise to glory.”
   –Attributed to Clinton Rossiter

"In public they talk about how optimistic and wonderful the future is, but the private conversations of thoughtful men in Washington are quite different.”
   –Attributed to James Reston