Barbara > Barbara's Quotes

“There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.”
― Irwin Shaw

“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read...”
― Keri Hulme, The Bone People

“People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell

“If you had really wanted to help me, you wouldn't have forgotten to tell me I was stuck in Santa Land indefinitely.”
― Ann Brodeur, Snowbound in Winterberry Falls

“No wonder the words brought little comfort to her now. Nothing was in her control... when it was God's time to do something, there wasn't a thing she could do to stop it.”
― Ann Brodeur, Snowbound in Winterberry Falls

“Courage is not a feeling. Courage is an action.”
― Liz Tolsma, Snow on the Tulips

“No what-might-have-beens. If God says not to worry about tomorrow, I would think the same applies to yesterday. There's enough trouble in the here and now to worry about how differently things could have turned out.”
― Liz Tolsma, Daisies Are Forever

“None of us deserve God's forgiveness. The Bible says to forgive because God forgave us. It doesn't say anything about deserving it or even asking for it.”
― Liz Tolsma, Remember the Lilies

“When things don't turn out the way we want, about the only thing we can do is know God is still there piecing together all the scraps of the events in our lives the way He has planned. He sees the big picture even when we don't.”
― Jody Hedlund, Unending Devotion

“Hardships are the Lord's greatest blessings to the believer. Without them we would love the Lord only for what He does for us. Our troubles teach us to love Him for who He is." Sister Norton in "The Preacher's Bride”
― Jody Hedlund