Jill Hart > Jill's Quotes

“It is inbred in us that we have to do exceptional things for God; but we have not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things.”
― Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis

“The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.”
― Andre Maurois

“It's awfully convenient for men who think very highly of themselves to have a God who also thinks this of him.”
― Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife

“The institutional church must decide what their mandate is. If it is simply to make converts or fix those they believe to be broken, then perhaps they'll continue on with it brutally, as they have many times throughout history. But if the mandate is to love? Then they must first deal with their fear.”
― Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife

“The rules of life were different at the church, though. Here, God made things happen. Men made things happen. And women? Well, women waited.”
― Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife