I keep a folder of quotes that I like to use in my sidebar, but I come across them more frequently than I can use them, and some just never really fit where I am when I update. So here’s a whole bunch of them I haven’t used.
“I’m not writing it down to remember it later. I’m writing it down to remember it now.” — Field Notes
“And the God of all grace, after you have suffered a little while, will himself perfect, establish, strengthen and settle you.” — 1 Peter 5:10
“‘Safe?’ said Mr. Beaver; ‘don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the king I tell you.'” — C.S. Lewis
“To the world you might be just one person. But to one person, you might just be the world.” — Unknown
“It’s no longer important that I appear righteous before you or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God.” — Gal 2:20 (MSG)
“There is wonderful freedom and joy in coming to recognize that the fun is in the becoming.” — Gloria Gaither
“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” — Phil Cooke
“Prayer is what happens for people who realize that God is Dad.” — Mark Driscoll
“The fewer the words, the better the prayer.” — Martin Luther
“Say that you are well and all is well with you, and God will hear your words and make them true.” — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“It is a remarkable thing that some of the most optimistic and enthusiastic people you will meet are those who have been through intense suffering.” — Warren Wiersbe
“Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.” — Francis Bacon
“God is painting with thousands and thousands of colors and shades and textures a picture we call history.” — John Piper
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” – Albus Dumbledore
“I love her and that’s the beginning of everything.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Religion is for those who don’t want to go to hell, spirituality is for those who have been there.” — Clarissa Dickson Wright
“We can awesome! And we can sexy!” — Ryan North
“As a writer, words are your paint. Use all the colors.” — Rhys Alexander
“Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.” — Gloria Steinem
“Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.” — Oscar Wilde
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