J.R. Miller Quotes

We live on top of the created world, I think to myself, not in it.

...if I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don't believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn't matter what I say.

Even our beliefs have become trend statements. We don’t even believe things because we believe them anymore. We only believe things because they are cool things to believe.

Other people keep our souls alive, just like food and water does with our body.

I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone who has everything figured out.

Nothing is going to change in congo until you and i figure out what is wrong with the person inside the mirror

Most great art is freedom within form. Without form, we are amateurs, without freedom, we are robots.

Even our beliefs have become trend statements.

The heart responds to the conflict within a story.

I think the things we want most in life, the things we think will set us free, are not the thing we need.

When we do what God wants us to do, we are blessed, we are spiritually healthy.

the times we worked harder to make the day stand out. our story demanded that we change and so we did.

I had always suspected language was quite limited in its ability to communicate the intricate mysteries of truth.

In exchange for our humility and willingness to accept the charity of God, we are given a kingdom. And a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion.

Let probability and sample size do the heavy lifting.

The people I used to be surrounded by are getting along without me. Somehow, that really bugs me.

Instead of asking what it feels like to follow God or be used by God, we should be asking who God is, and whether we really know Him. Everything else will take care of itself.

It is worthy of note that the Chinese and Japanese characters for money and gold are the same.

What do markets do? They consolidate, they breakout, they extend, they overextend, they back and fill, they consolidate, and repeat the process. That's all you need to know about the markets.

True intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming.

Great writers know what to cut out. It's the same in life. Clear ambitions. Clear relationships. This is the stuff of good story.

I'm not a pastor; I've never been on staff at a church.

If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don't have conflict, it can't be a good story.

It confuses me that Christian living is not simpler. The gospel, the very good news, is simple.

One of the things I associate with God is a sunrise. How many sunrises have you missed over the years, and God created that?

Christians might say that you can't live a more meaningful life without Jesus. Well, that's absolutely not true. You can. You can enjoy a sunrise whether you know Jesus or not.

People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.

The reason I like writing a memoir is because it isn't preachy.

A story is a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.

Maybe life isn't meaningless...Maybe just YOUR life is meaningless

All relationships are living and alive and moving and becoming something.

There are things you cannot understand, and you must learn to live with this. Not only must you learn to live with this, you must learn to enjoy this.

If you aren't telling a good story, nobody thinks you died too soon; they just think you died.

It's something you can actually control. With writing, it feels like it's given to you, and when the good stuff hits, it feels like it's coming from some other planet.And you're just channeling it.

I don't read a lot of inspirational books for life. But for writing, I think the two best books are The War of Art and William Zinsser's On Writing Well. I read a lot of classics.

It blew my mind that what I was thinking was actually applicable to people's lives, and it certainly revolutionized family.

All my books have been titled based on a piece of the prose from inside the book.

If you buy the website, maybe you'll do something with it. But so far I haven't; we'll see.

The economy is turning around, so that's going to help a little bit.

Half the time I pick up a book, that's what I'm trying to get.

It's possible to do both as a writer - to engage and have a family and all that good stuff - and I chose not to for the sake of the career.

I think writers can get a little melodramatic sometimes about their work, and it helps me not to do that, to just say, "Well, this is how I make a living, and I need to become a very good craftsman."

If a piece of genius comes, it comes, and it if doesn't, it doesn't.

There's a lot of letters, and a lot of people come say "hi" at book signings, but I'm amazed at how normal everybody is.

If the abortion issue is important to me, this is how you tackle that issue.

If we value all readers, we must value all reading.

When we meet and I discover that we have read and loved the same books, we are instant friends.

Our children shouldn't have to wait for adulthood to become wild readers. For many, it will be too late.

If you don't read, I don't know how to communicate with you...I can never express who I am in my own words as powerfully as my books can.

Failing to graduate a populace that values reading has long-term consequences for everyone.