Noel Street Quotes

“Maybe that’s why I’ve always thought of God less as an engineer than as an artist—one who uses our hopes, fears, and dreams, and especially our tears, to paint on the canvas of our souls, rendering something beautiful. The hardest part, I suppose, is waiting to see what He’s up to.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“There are none so impoverished as those who deny the blessings of their lives.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“Maybe that’s why I’ve always thought of God less as an engineer than as an artist—one who uses our hopes, fears, dreams, and especially our tears, to paint on the canvas of our souls, rendering something beautiful. The hardest part, I suppose, is waiting to see what He’s up to.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“Some own up to their past. Some are owned by their past. The wise take what they can from the past and then leave it behind.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“...It's amazing to me to see how so unexpectedly life can switch tracks to a new destination.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“When our government officials lodged complaints over their treatment of their own people, they were told it wasn’t any of their business. They’d take our blood and weapons, but not our counsel. We were so afraid of the world turning communist… The choice was between one devil or the other.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“I know—I knew it then—but I didn’t believe it. Belief and knowledge aren’t the same thing. Belief is much more powerful.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“We do not always believe things because they’re true. More often than not, we believe things because they’re expedient.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“You served your country. That was an honorable thing.” “I wish it were that simple,” he said. “I risked my life and had no idea what I was fighting for—a corrupt dictatorship that represented almost everything we’re fighting against?”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“When you’re struggling with lack, it’s easy to become obsessed with all you don’t have and forget what you do. It was nice to be reminded of all I had to be grateful for.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“No. I mean, if I were going by the book, I should have cited him, but sometimes you got to go by the spirit of the law. He fought for our country.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“He had sensory processing disorder—something we didn’t know about back then—and was highly sensitive to smells.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“The cost of love is the risk of losing it.” But it’s always worth it. After all, in the end, what else is there?”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“One cannot understand the power of grace until one has needed it. Or given it.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“That’s the price of love,” I said. “The risk of losing it. But it’s worth the risk.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“Sometimes we need the darkness to reveal our light.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“Nearly a million people take their lives each year. It’s not about survival; it’s about finding meaning in living. Even in our suffering”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“Belief and knowledge aren’t the same thing. Belief is much more powerful.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“There will always be people like that. Don’t give them your time or your sanity.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“We can’t let crazy people dictate our lives.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“Some of those demonstrations were over the Vietnam War. Some were over racial or gender inequality.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“Every story is a road. And on all roads there are potholes and bumps, detours and unexpected encounters.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street

“When you’re struggling with lack, it’s easy to become obsessed with all you don’t have and forget what you do.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Noel Street