Vannetta Chapman > Vannetta's Quotes

“You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.”
― Benjamin Mee, We Bought a Zoo

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”
― Stephen King

“we must seize life because we never know how much of it remains for us, that faith is the antidote to despair and that laughter is the music of faith.”
― Dean Koontz, Relentless

“Art should be a place of hope.”
― Stephen King, Duma Key

“For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)”
― Anonymous, Holy Bible: New International Version

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

“There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go--if there are no doors or windows--he walks through a wall.”
― Bernard Malamud

“Then, together, they passed through the camp gate and marched up the road, toward wives and sweethearts and children and Mom and Dad and home.”
― Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

“That night, before he tried to sleep, Louie prayed. He had prayed only once before in his life, in childhood, when his mother was sick and he had been filled with a rushing fear that he would lose her. That night on the raft, in words composed in his head, never passing his lips, he pleaded for help.”
― Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

“Sometimes you think you can see around corners, and maybe you can.”
― Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis

“There is a reason God limits our days.'
'Why?'
'To make each one precious.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“once we began to chime the hour, we lost the ability to be satisfied”
― Mitch Albom

“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“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

“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“These are the few ways we can practice humility:

To speak as little as possible of one's self.

To mind one's own business.

Not to want to manage other people's affairs.

To avoid curiosity.

To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully.

To pass over the mistakes of others.

To accept insults and injuries.

To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked.

To be kind and gentle even under provocation.

Never to stand on one's dignity.

To choose always the hardest.”
― Mother Teresa, The Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living

“I finished my first book seventy-six years ago. I offered it to every publisher on the English-speaking earth I had ever heard of. Their refusals were unanimous: and it did not get into print until, fifty years later; publishers would publish anything that had my name on it.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Forget your mistakes but remember what they taught you.”
― Vannetta Chapman, Murder Tightly Knit

“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
― Langston Hughes

“The knowing is easy. It's the doing that gives us trouble.”
― Vannetta Chapman, A Simple Amish Christmas

“Say what's in your heart, Annie.'
'You're in my heart, Samuel.”
― Vannetta Chapman, A Simple Amish Christmas

“She knew then that white was more than a color: It was a cold, pale shade of understanding that seems to take all of your hope away.”
― Vannetta Chapman, A Perfect Square

“Things change, but sometimes our perception of them stays the same.”
― Vannetta Chapman, A Simple Amish Christmas

“Families and friendships are like quilts-each person intricately connected to the other”
― Vanetta Chapman

“God has a reason for everything, dear one, even our rumschpringe.”
― Vannetta Chapman, A Simple Amish Christmas

“Trust your instincts... God gave them to you, and they're as valuable as what you learned in school.”
― Vannetta Chapman, A Simple Amish Christmas

“Looking around... she couldn't help thinking that life indeed was a gift, and she had much to be grateful for - friends, family, and health. What more could a girl want?”
― Vannetta Chapman, A Simple Amish Christmas

“We all know Christmas is about the Infant Child, what he brings to our lives, what he offers to our hearts. We know this, but we live as if he hadn't been born in that manger so long ago. We live as if the Christ child hadn't exchanged heaven for a manger - for you and for me.”
― Vannetta Chapman, A Simple Amish Christmas

“Charlie Everman understood, in the very depth of his soul, that God's mercies were new each morning.”
― Vannetta Chapman, Joshua's Mission