Karen McQuestion Quotes & Sayings

Never really know what a difference you can make in someone's life, if you're willing to let them in. — Karen McQuestion

This world is made for the living, Dan. Death, and accepting death, is a part of life. — Karen McQuestion

Do the thing you long to do and become the person you're destined to be. — Karen McQuestion

Don't underestimate the Canadians, I always say. They seem all nice and polite and apologetic, but when it comes right down to it, they're survivors. — Karen McQuestion

Every day, he tried to do at least one nice thing for someone else, a habit he'd started in college. He felt that if everyone did it, the world would be a better place and that he was obligated to lead by example. — Karen McQuestion

Think about where you'd like to be a year from now and use every bit of your imagination to visualize it. You'll need to do this with a serious intent if you want to make your wishes your reality. — Karen McQuestion

Seems like sometimes life gives you what you need instead of what you want, if you know what I mean — Karen McQuestion

Umm, I think it means we determine our own fate. It's not what happens to us in life, it's what we do about it. — Karen McQuestion

Time was as fluid as a river. Waiting for something exciting made time crawl on its knees, and working on deadline made time sprint. — Karen McQuestion

People believe things that aren't true about other people just because of how they look and what kind of vehicle they drive. Why can you not wait and see who they are inside before you make a decision". "Because we're afraid" I said. "If I had trusted them and they turned out to be bad people, they might have robbed us or attack us. It's better to be cautious". "That is a sad thing" he said. "Always thinking the worst of other people". "Sad, but that's the way it is. We have to judge them on how they act and other was of knowing about them except what we can see on the outside — Karen McQuestion

Say you're at home and you want something, like a book, so you go online and order it from Amazon. Two days later, the book you ordered is in a box on your front porch. What if you'd just thought, 'I wish I had that book,' but you didn't do anything else? Would it be on your porch two days later?" A few ladies shook their heads. "No, it would not. Because you didn't put in an order. Think of all the times you've said, 'Why isn't this happening for me?' or 'I want this,' and nothing ever changes. Without placing your order, you're just saying words that circle in the air. — Karen McQuestion

The world can be a big, cold place. No reason we can't give each other a hand and ease the way a bit. — Karen McQuestion

That would make an interesting story: How did you two get to be friends? Oh, she threatened to kill me ... — Karen McQuestion

Homeschooling? What was she thinking? All I could envision were those religious families, the ones with the little girls wearing Amish dresses and the boys with their slicked-back hair and matching polo shirts. I'd seen groups of them at the mall, following their mother single file, pretending it was a field trip. — Karen McQuestion

Cancer. And every day these women got up and did what they had to do because they were caregivers, wives, friends, mothers. There — Karen McQuestion

It's good to plan, but don't let the planning take the place of doing. — Karen McQuestion

Life sure went by quick when you weren't paying attention. It took forever to go from a child to a grown-up. The middle-aged years went by at a steady clip, and everything else after that just sort of whizzed by. — Karen McQuestion

I have faith that when the time is right I'll find what I'm really meant to do with my life, and it will all come together for me. For now, this is good. — Karen McQuestion

Standing under a spray of warm water is a quick but short-term fix to most of life's problems. — Karen McQuestion

I'd never been one for prayer, but when things got serious, I put it into overdrive, imagining God on the other end thinking, hmmm . . . Emma doesn't usually pray. This must be serious. — Karen McQuestion

Death was painful, not because people couldn't see their loved ones anymore, but because they couldn't communicate with them anymore. — Karen McQuestion

Most people have everything they need to be happy. — Karen McQuestion

In as much time as it takes to smoke a cigarette, a person's life was changed forever. — Karen McQuestion

keep torturing yourself? It is what it is. — Karen McQuestion

The truth of it was, Jazzy mused, that if you had at least one person who believed in you, you could tolerate almost anything. — Karen McQuestion

Everyone had something - some fear, some shortcoming, some problem. And some people had multiples in each area. The problems were what made people human beings - they fostered compassion and encouraged growth. What would be the point if everyone was perfect? — Karen McQuestion

Oh Heavenly Father, goddess mother, spirits of the universe, let our vibrations be positive and our actions harmonious. — Karen McQuestion

We're all the stars of our own lives. Let's make it the best production we can! — Karen McQuestion

People loved their dogs. They were their children, their companions, sometimes even their soul mates. Some people swore that their dog had an almost psychic connection with them, sensing when they were sad and bringing them comfort. — Karen McQuestion

There was no fool like an old fool. — Karen McQuestion

Every cell in your body, she said, was a quark, a sort of vibrating string. And through their thoughts and intentions, human beings had an almost magnetic power to attract similar strings out in the universe. As the number and intensity of these attracted strings build, a critical mass is reached and the want, whatever that may be, comes into being. Most of us are more powerful than we know. We are each in charge of our own vibrating energy. — Karen McQuestion