A Minute of Margin Quotes

“Before external stressors can make us miserable, they must first have our permission.”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections

“Stress is not the circumstance; it is our response to the circumstance”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections

“Gratitude fills. Discontent drains. The choice is ours.”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections

“the human soul can enjoy a thing most when
there is time to think about it and be thankful for it.
G. K. CHESTERTON,”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections

“Love is the currency of the relational life. In the relational life, we spend love and receive love.”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections

“Love is extravagant in the price it is willing to pay, the time it is
willing to give, the hardships it is willing to endure, and the
strength it is willing to spend. JONI EARECKSON TADA,”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections

“What is on our carts? Possessions? Things that consume both our time and money? Things that are temporal, perishable, here today and gone tomorrow? May we have the grace to unclutter our carts to make room for that which matters most.”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections

“But as you adjust your expectations downward, you’ll discover less to be unhappy about. If you always expect success and prosperity, you’re destined to be chronically frustrated. But if you give your expectations to God and then accept what the day brings, you’ll discover a rare freedom.”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections

“a new contemporary axiom: time-saving technologies don’t. Instead they compress time, consume time, and devour time.”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections

“People are submitting themselves to time-devouring technology.
We’re a nerve-racked society where people have difficulty sitting
back and thinking of the purpose of what they do.
TODD GITLIN, BERKELEY SOCIOLOGIST”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections

“It is not enough to aim; you must hit. ITALIAN PROVERB”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections

“Wipe the slate clean. Erase all our beliefs, hopes, and dreams. Remove all our possessions. Nothing should remain. Then let’s give the pencil to God and ask Him to redesign our lives by that which is fully spiritually authentic.”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections

“Happiness is a place between too little and too much.”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections

“Not all the words that were ever uttered are worth weighing on golden scales. NORWEGIAN PROVERB”
― Richard A. Swenson, A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives - 180 Daily Reflections