“Lavender in Old Book,” Photo by Ekaterina Antonova
If you haven’t been around long enough to notice, I love, love, love books and, therefore, words and quotes. When people ask “What’s your favorite book?,” I hand them a 10-page list of books (slight exaggeration). And quotes? Who can select a single favorite? “Not I,” said the rabbit [the rabbit is me].
“Old Books,” Photo by Oksana Nazarchuk
So, for today’s list—and #WednesdayWisdom—I’m sharing seven life-changing quotes from seven of my favorite books. The selection is limited and random and in no way represents a privileging or prioritizing of other works over others. If I were to list all the quotes and all the books, this blog would be about books and quotes, not pics and posts.
So here’s my list of quotes. Maybe, they’ll change your life too.
“The Shepherd laughed too. “I love doing preposterous things,” he replied. “Why, I don’t know anything more exhilarating and delightful than turning weakness into strength, and fear into faith, and that which has been marred into perfection.’ ― Hannah Hurnard, Hinds Feet on High Places
There must be always remaining in every life, some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathless and beautiful.―Howard Thurman, Meditations of the Heart
“The life of faith is not a life of mounting up with wings, but a life of walking and not fainting.”―Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest
“Literary Paris,” from Obvious State
Whatever happens around you, don’t take it personally… Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves.”―Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements
You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care, nor your nights without a want and a grief, but rather when these things girdle your life and yet you rise above them naked and unbound. ― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
Evil can be undone, but it cannot ‘develop’ into good. Time does not heal it. The spell must be unwound, bit by bit, ‘with backward mutters of dissevering power’ – or else not. ―C. S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
You wanna fly, you got to give up the sh*t that weighs you down. ―Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
Like any other list, it would be easy for me to go waaaaaay overboard, but I’m trying to practice what I preach to my students. Sometimes, less is more.
What’s your favorite quote? Are any of these a new fav?
About the Images: Each postcard in this post was for bookish swaps on swap-bot. Aren’t they fabulous?
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That Ruiz one is an old fav 😉
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Indeed. On repeat.
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I can’t think of any favorite off the top of my head, may be because there are so many goods ones out there. Love all these you have chosen.
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The struggle is real when it comes to picking favs, so I understand. Thanks for dropping in and for loving the ones I chose. 🙂
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I could never pick a favorite book, or even a favorite author.
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Can you pick a life-changing one?
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Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus by Ann Spangler & Lois Tverberg
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I haven’t read that one. I’ll have to check it out.
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I don’t have quotes. But here are some of my favs — The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power, Centered by Jason Brown, Jesus and Women by Kristi McLelland, Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan, anything by Beth Moore (such as Audacious), and The Kingdom Agenda by Tony Evans.
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Ooh, good list! At one point, Amazon was giving away all of Beth Moore’s Kindle books–free! I’m sure it was her idea/gift to us. I downloaded every single one to my iPad!
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Great list Chandra! And these are (sorry to say) new favorites for me.) I will try to remember Don’s. And Toni’s, well, ’nuff said. LOL. Bravo for your short list. Yup, far too many meaningful books, soul filled songs, and inspirational movies to ever choose just one, or ten. ;o) One of mine is by O’Keefe, “I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” And you can be that my top five would include Miss Maya. ;o) xoxox
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I remember that O’Keefe quote as one of your favs! And of course, Maya A.
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There is so much from The Prophet and from both Parables books that I have to simply ask anyone to ‘please just read Gibran and Butler: I cannot take any single quote from either of them, since they are so full of prophetic words through out these works.’
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