Quotes

• “When we make room for silence, we make room for ourselves. Silence invites the unknown, the untamed, the wild, the shy, the unfathomable – that which rarely has a chance to surface within us.” -Gunilla Norris, Sharing Silence
• May you learn to see yourself with the same delight, pride, and expectation with which God sees you in every moment. -John O’Donohue

• Anyone can be polite to a king. It takes a gentleman to be polite to a beggar. - by Unknown

• Home is where children learn 95% of the things they take with them into life. ~Thomas Armstrong 

• The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. ~Frank Hubbard

• If you cannot think of anything appropriate to say you will please restrict your remarks to the weather. -Mrs. Dashwood

• God created you, the woman, with a wonderful uniqueness that enables you to build your home and family in accordance with his perfect plan. -Ginger Plowman

• True beauty radiates from a woman who gracefully walks the path designed uniquely for her. To walk the path of God’s will is to show others the beauty of Christ. - Ginger Plowman

• The person who says something is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it.

• Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself. -Alfred Sheinwold

• Even if the voices aren't real, they have some good ideas. – Unknown

• In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ― Robert Frost

• See that I am God. See that I am in everything. See that I do everything. See that I have never stopped ordering my works, nor ever shall, eternally. See that I lead everything on to the conclusion I ordained for it before time began, by the same power, wisdom and love with which I made it. How can anything be amiss? -Julian of Norwich

• Satan prowls but he’s a lion on a leash. ~Ann Voskamp

• In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. ― Robert Frost

• The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

• In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. ― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

• All the privilege I claim for my own sex (it is not a very enviable one: you need not covet it), is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone! ― Jane Austen, Persuasion

• They say time is money, but that's not true. Time is life. And if I want the fullest life, I need to find fullest time... the busyness of your life leaving little room for the source of your life... God gives us time. And who has time for God? Which makes no sense. ― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

• Stress isn't only a joy stealer. The way we respond to it can be sin.― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

• The only way that we can avoid the sin of idolatry is by immersing ourselves in Spirit-enlightened study of God through the Scripture.― Elyse Fitzpatrick, Idols of the Heart: Learning to Long for God Alone

• “But understand that the reason it is so difficult to extend forgiveness to those who have failed us is because we are unable to receive forgiveness for our own failures.” ― Emily Freeman, Grace for the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life

• “God can rid your heart of greed, but it's your responsibility to remove yourself from situations that promote greediness.” ― Linda Dillow

• What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.  -Ralph Waldo Emerson

• “We need days of failure because they help humble us, and through them we can see how God's grace is poured out on the humble.”― Elyse Fitzpatrick, Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus

• “To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.” ― Martin Luther, Commentary On Galatians