Elizabeth George Quotes

Exchange the bad habit of worrying with the excellent habit of trusting God.

Material blessings fade and deteriorate, but your riches in Christ are everlasting.

It's hard to criticize someone if you are praying for them.

I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness.

I knew from the age of seven that I was meant to be a writer.

When God is in sharp focus, then life is also undistorted.

I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.

God is immutable—He never changes! His ministry to you is complete, on target, and constant!

As we come to know God better, we will also find it easier to know, follow, and accept His will for our life.

Apathy is a spiritual numbness that creeps in and corrupts the good that God intends for our life and the good that He wants us to accomplish for Him and His kingdom.

I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate.

One did not alter lives and simply walk away from the damage.

Just as stars shine brightest in the darkest night, your joy blazes brilliantly through life's problems when you count them as joy.

It's easy to talk about how much you love God, but loving others reveals how much you truly do.

God begins molding a mother after His own heart on the inside-in the inner woman and her heart-and then works outward.

God's ways and His will come in His own perfect time.

I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and see how the novel takes shape based on what these people are like.

I want God to be first in my life, so I'm putting Him first in my life today.

Don't give away to others what you have not first given away at home.

I myself have suffered periodically from hearing voices at night when I'm trying to sleep.

I find it both fascinating and disconcerting when I discover yet another person who believes that writing can't be taught. Frankly, I don't understand this point of view

Oh, yes, I taught 13 and a half years. I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif.

Asking in prayer helps you to see your problem in the light of God's power.

It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader.

It’s not what you get, but what you give that is God’s true measure of a life.

Each and every decision you make, regardless of its level of intensity, is vitally important as you seek to do God’s will.

The goodness you receive from God is a treasure for you to share with others.

If you want a good friend, you need to be a good friend!

God begins molding a mother after His own heart on the inside--in the inner woman and her heart--and then works outward.

A mothers greatest joy in having a child is to give that child fully and freely to God.

An ordinary woman who makes herself available to an extraordinary God can do amazing things for God.

With God’s help, your trial today is leading to your wholeness tomorrow.

A woman who focuses on worshiping God will consider carefully how she is dressed, because her heart will dictate her wardrobe and appearance.

A woman who walks with God honors Him in the way she manages her home.

Worry denies the power of God and produces no good results. Worry adds no value to your life. Eliminate it with God’s help.

A powerful truth is that if we love the Lord, love His Word, love His people, and love one another, we won’t want to gossip.

Every act and choice you make is creating the real you and shaping your real life.

God’s purposes are achieved through the whole of your life, not in fragments of a moment, a day, or a year.

God’s peace and perspective are available to you through His Word.

Your better life is as close and as easy as making the choice to pick up your Bible each day, open it up, and let God speak to you.

The Bible is an ocean of instruction and wisdom. Dip daily into the vast pool to discover its truths.

The more time you spend with God, the more you will resemble Him.

True biblical love is sacrificing, purifying, nurturing, and enduring.

Instead of becoming a woman of the world, become a woman of the Word.

When both you and your spouse actively focus on developing godly character qualities, the foundation of your marriage will be twice as strong.

The only wrong way to read the Bible is to not read it at all.

God’s Word is the ultimate beauty treatment for every woman.

God has written His divine guidelines for your life right in the Bible.

When you study God’s Word and incorporate His wisdom and principles into your daily life, your whole perspective will change.

Let your life choices tell others of your wonderful God as you walk through life worshiping Him.