Grace Quotes
I don’t want to be an editor! I don’t want to direct; I’d be a horrible director. I don’t want to write - I have a “story by” credit on one film I did. And I don’t want to edit at all.
A faith that is not tested is never proved trustworthy.
God is never far from His people, even when they are far from Him.
If you feel so emptySo used up, so let downIf you feel so angrySo ripped off so stepped onYou're not the only oneRefusing to back downYou're not the only oneSo get up
Look closely for the fingerprints of God's faithfulness throughout the seasons of your life.
Once again, I felt as I needed to flee or I’d die. That was how my life was panning out.
I wanted to be his life preserver, the thing that would keep him afloat. Instead, he became my anchor. And I’m tired of drowning.
God is the reason I’m surviving, but he’s sure used you in my life wonderfully. I love you.
Whether our days trip along like the angels mounting on Jacob's ladder to heaven or grind along like the wagons that Joseph sent for Jacob, they are in each case ordered by God's mercy.
In the Bible, the opposite of Sin, with a capital 'S, ' is not virtue - it's faith: faith in a God who draws all to himself in his resurrection.
Your actions show what you know, and your replies to obstacles give clarity into what you will learn.
If you take society’s definition of knowing oneself, you will become lost in the many translations.
She believed she couldn't, so God did.
You don’t have to do it all. If unrushing your life feels overwhelming or impossible, consider that it is impossible for you. That’s why we need God. Where you can’t, He already has.
Surrendering is not giving up--it is gaining strength.
Jealousy, and attempting to match others in life and stride, is self-abandonment.
Control is an illusion that you must give up.
Forgiveness is a skill gained by those willing to change.
To greet the present is to part with the past and future.
To act upon the outer world and change it, you must be first be fine to act upon yourself.
This should never have happened, Brishen. We were unimportant, you and I. We weren't supposed to mean anything to anyone.""Woman of day, " he said slowly. "You mean everything to me.
Who loves you, Warren Valentine?" She did. I want Lilla to know that kind of love. The kind of love that never leaves or abandons.
I think you better hurry along with that French toast making, Stud. You know—before my fetus eats your face.”“It would be equally as delicious.
I’m tickling a traced pattern over her bare hip. She’s pretending to sleep. Her smile is an idiot. A bad secret keeper.
Is it possible to love someone so completely, so intensely, they could never die? To give them more than just your heart or your soul? What if you could give then the miracle of immortality?
It is not great faith but true faith that saves. And the salvation lies not in the faith but in the Christ in whom faith trusts.
Writers are often given the gift of being spectacularly unhappy, so that they can record the full depth of feeling.
Men are mere mortals but their quest for knowledge leads them to the brink of immortality.”Excerpt from novel You Can't Escape Love by Grace Willows
Men are mere mortals but their quest for knowledge leads them to the brink of immortality.
the process through which any concept or subject (content) is taught becomes a part of the content. (p19)
School curriculum, learning activities--all educational pursuits--should be characterized by and should lead to a sense and experience of wholeness. (p25)
Young love is so ridiculous, as is middle-aged and old love. And it’s also hilarious. When have you ever felt so vulnerable and wonderful and terrible at the same time?
Each piece of glass is another piece of myself I gave to him. It's too bad I didn't keep any pieces for myself.
I will stand beside you through all of this, ' she said when she could finally speak. “And welcome you home with gladness when it’s over, and you return triumphant.
To love purely is to consent to distance, it is to adore the distance between ourselves and that which we love.
Though my mental illness is more likened to a big, nasty green monster than something heart-wrenchingly beautiful, I think I have learned many wonderful lessons from my many afflictions.
Let every man shovel out his own snow, and the whole city will be passable, " said Gamache. Seeing Beauvoir's puzzled expression he added, "Emerson.""Lake and Palmer?""Ralph and Waldo.
When she looked at him with those dark eyes, Nassar felt the urge to say something intelligent and deeply impressive. Unfortunately, nothing of the kind came to mind.
Love one another." If we took those simple words to heart, we'd already be the Buddhas Jesus wanted us to be.
You do not control everything, nor does everything control you. You are not entirely at the hands of your environment, nor is it entirely at the hands of you.
Grace isn't meant to be fair, grace is meant to be good
Learning the way of grace is about truth. It’s reconciling the truth, of both our own infinite value and of others’ infinite value—despite our depths ofbrokenness.