Cindy Woodsmall Quotes & Sayings

Before she'd worn her first black dress, fear had splintered into a hundred pieces inside her, and each one turned into a painful ulcer. To keep anyone from touching those spots, she'd pulled away before they got a chance. — Cindy Woodsmall

There are no coincidences in God's providence. — Cindy Woodsmall

Only bad shepherds use entrances other than the door. Didn't your mother teach you anything?"
"Yes, she did. That you're a troublemaker. — Cindy Woodsmall

I don't get it. It's a bunch of trees with leaves. — Cindy Woodsmall

(Never) judge a book by its cover or a woman by her kitchen. — Cindy Woodsmall

I don't think God puts us on this earth so we can be afraid of stepping into the unknown. Isn't tomorrow an unknown even if we all stay right here where tradition is kept and every piece of ground is familiar? — Cindy Woodsmall

Things can be cleaned and replaced. Great moments cannot afford to be lost. — Cindy Woodsmall

What did an invisible God want from a bunch of frail, selfish people? The only thing Landon could figure was that He'd like for them to learn to love and help one another. Why else would they be living on such a difficult planet? — Cindy Woodsmall

Real love - it's the best, most painful thing God ever did for us. — Cindy Woodsmall

In any serious relationship, if you don't gather your partner's opinion before making a decision that impacts you both, you're just storing up trouble for the future. — Cindy Woodsmall

Honey, anything can be hard - having a husband gone all the time, or underfoot all the time, or no husband, or ... whatever. The answer is to build a life around those things. — Cindy Woodsmall

You're presence here has caused a fresh buzz amoung the young women. You need to find one who suits you before you're too old. — Cindy Woodsmall

A very smart woman once asked me, 'Do you think money is the answer to everything?' I have a family issue and I'm going home — Cindy Woodsmall

I used to think I wasn't strong enough to face my future. But eventually I learned that I only have to face today, and that's where our loving God, faithful family, and good friends come in. Each brings something to the day that strengthens us - just enough, but who needs more than just enough? — Cindy Woodsmall

If he lived through this night, he'd look back on this moment and recall seeing the universe in all its majesty and recognizing he was only a powerless man staring into the vastness of an all-powerful God. — Cindy Woodsmall

Our desire is to help you embrace the beauty of the life God has given you. We wrote Plain Wisdom to encourage you to accept yourself,forgive yourself, challenge yourself,laugh at yourself, and most important,see yourself through God's eyes of love.For when you do,you will find the freedom to truly enjoy your life. — Cindy Woodsmall

A fallen planet is no easy place to live.
Ya, but heaven is. — Cindy Woodsmall

People ate everyday, and often times they didn't pause when standing in the fresh produce section of the grocery store to realize the magnitude of God's earth that feeds them. — Cindy Woodsmall

We all have value and the right to find as much peace with ourselves and our flaws and weaknesses as possible. Why would forgiveness be so important to God if we didn't need it all the time? He knew we would need it from Him, but also from us for ourselves and for others. When we get peace with our weakest areas, we'll find new ways to build on our strongest areas. — Cindy Woodsmall

I had no more value after I became an author than when I was in my home tending to runny noses, little bumps and bruises ... Our value can't be wrapped inside what others think or we think, because that is too dependent on this ever-shifting world. The value God places on us makes us more than we think we are, even on our hardest days, weeks, or years. — Cindy Woodsmall

Facing our fears, skeletons, and mistakes is paramount in finding ourselves-in living with ourselves. Once it's done, that fear will be laid to rest, and she'll be stronger for having dealt with it and have more peace becausse she's not carrying the weight of that fear every day and night. — Cindy Woodsmall

One little deed done in time is worth more than a thousand good intentions. — Cindy Woodsmall