"Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance."
— Elizabeth George

"When we hold our thoughts up against God's standards of what is true and what is real, we can recognize and, with His help, learn to release many of our negative emotions, damaging thoughts, and destructive attitudes."
— Elizabeth George

"We are to make a plan for the day, pray over that plan, and then proceed with that plan. When we are willing to regard the unexpected as God's intervention, we can flex with the new plan, recognizing it as God's plan."
— Elizabeth George

"When God is in sharp focus, then life is also undistorted."
— Elizabeth George

"...when we acknowledge God's supreme role in our life and set our mind on Him, He enables us to be women of hope."
— Elizabeth George

"We find hope in a hostile place when we focus on the goodness of God as revealed in His promises. In other words, hope and security come when we - like the Israelites - acknowledge God's love for us."
— Elizabeth George

"God has plans for you and His plans are for good because God Himself is good. He can neither think nor do evil."
— Elizabeth George

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

"When we don't understand and don't agree with the way life has gone, we are to bow before God and once again confess that we can't understand His wisdom. In faith, we are to accept His wisdom, His Word, and His workings, trusting in Him and obeying His commands."
— Elizabeth George

"Because of God's knowledge, you and I are always understood."
— Elizabeth George

"...because God knows everything about us, cares about us, helps us, and listens to us whenever we turn to Him, we are not carrying our burdens alone. We therefore have no reason to be bitter."
— Elizabeth George

"When and how the most painful of situations is going to be resolved and redeemed is no mystery to God. Knowing this truth about God's complete knowledge really does help me accept the unacceptable in my life."
— Elizabeth George

"good, better, best,
never let it rest,
until your good is better,
and your better best.
"
— Elizabeth George (A Young Woman After God's Own Heart: A Teen's Guide to Friends, Faith, Family, and the Future)

""If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking."
"
— Elizabeth George

"Her circle of love includes all who need her help.Her children rise up and call her blessed"
— Elizabeth George (Beautiful in God's Eyes: The Treasures of the Proverbs 31 Woman)