Suzanne Woods Fisher Quotes & Sayings

Go far from home and yo will have a long way back. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Things can get good again. Even things like a marriage. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

The lazier a man is, the more he's going to do tomorrow. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Swallowing pride rarely gives you indigestion. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Don't spend a dollar to save a penny. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Beauty is more than perfect features, Birdy. There's something about you that draws everyone to you, the way flowers turn toward the sun. You walk into a room and the place comes alive. You are beautiful, Birdy. All the more so because you don't even realize it. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

A fault mender is better than a fault finder. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

It's better to have a wife on your team than on your back. Amish Proverb — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Hands build houses, love builds homes. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

He who has no money is poor; he who has nothing but money is even poorer. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

God orders our stops as well as our steps. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

When you speak, always remember that God is one of your listeners. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

God doesn't ask us to be successful, only faithful.[7] — Suzanne Woods Fisher

If you want your life to be a reflection of Christ, you need to take time to reflect on Christ. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

The person who sows seeds of kindness will have a perpetual harvest. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

She paused for a moment, closing her eyes, letting the early morning heat sink deep into her bones. Unlike most people, she loved warm weather. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Be slow to anger and quick to forgive, and you will have friends for as long as you live. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Don't hurry, don't worry, do your best, leave the rest! — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Better to stop one paddle short than one too far. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

All the water in the world cannot sink our boat as long as it's on the outside. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

We are not promised skies always blue, but a Helper to see us through. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

God wants to use you stumbling and all, but he can't if you refuse to get up. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

F-A-I-T-H: Forsaking all, I trust him. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

She knew God was going to do whatever he wanted to do, regardless of anyone's pleading. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Sometimes I wonder if we're all a little like Harold (a rooster). Real life carries on around us while we strut around in our own yards, thinking we're the ones in charge of things. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

An industrious wife is the best savings account. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

It is better to give others a piece of your heart than a piece of your mind. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Become Amish? If you admire our faith, strengthen yours. If you admire our sense of commitment, deepen yours. If you admire our community spirit, build your own. If you admire the simple life, cut back. If you admire deep character and enduring values, live them yourself. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

It can be hard to say important things to the person in our life who matters the most. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Closing her eyes for a moment against the pain and loss, Carrie asked quietly, "And what if I don't feel any forgiveness for her?" Softly, Mattie whispered, — Suzanne Woods Fisher

I know I'm old school, but I believe that pain can be the most important tool in a person's life. It forces a person to pay attention to something that needs to be changed. I worry that drugs like sleeping pills mask pain just enough that the real root of the problem gets buried, deeper and deeper. A problem - even something like grief - just doesn't go away until it's dealt with. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

You can tell a man's character by what he turns up when offered a job - his nose or his sleeves. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

If you want life's best, see to it that life gets your best. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

A Christian without a church is like a bee without a hive. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

A man needs a woman to take care of him so she can make him strong enough for her to lean on. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

What a new year brings us depends a great deal on what we bring to the new year. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

He wanted to leave the past a few hundred miles down the road, shake it off like dust. But that ws the problem with the past. It kept finding him. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

What was home, really? Just a place to lay your head.
No. It was so much more than that. It was a place where a person belonged. Where a fellow would be missed. It was a part of a man. Something that couldn't be sold or taken for granted. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Poor communication doesn't disconnet souls. It's the disconnected souls who poorly communicate. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

I love a man with dishpan hands! — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Children are natural imitators. They act just like their parents in spite of the effort to teach them good manners. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first, then the lesson afterward. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Good deeds have echoes. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

People with a heart for God have a heart for people. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

If you won't admit you've been wrong, you love yourself more than truth. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

But love is so much more than words. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Before you flare up at anyone's faults, take time to count to ten - ten of your own. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

There are no degrees of honesty. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have been kind to you. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

They who trim themselves to suit others will soon whittle themselves away. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

The trouble with doing nothing is it's too hard to tell when you're finished. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Always treat children in the direction you wish them to grow, not as they now are. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

I think you're the kind of man a girl can count on. You just can't let go of losing your family. You can't let yourself love because you think your heart can't handle it ... that something bad will happen. But you're wrong. It's true ... grief is the price for love. But hearts are made to mend. Christ can do wonders with a broken heart, if given all the pieces. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

What one is ashamed to do one should be ashamed to say. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Why did it take the threat of dying to truly notice how exquisite a sunrise or sunset could be? — Suzanne Woods Fisher

One couldn't live on the crest of grief every single moment — Suzanne Woods Fisher

What are summer teeth? Summer in their mouth, Some are elsewhere. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

We may face situations beyond our reserves but never beyond God's resources. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

To lead your children in the right way, you must go that way yourself. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Tomorrow's world will be shaped by what we teach our children today. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Loving does not empty the heart, nor giving empty the purse. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

It's not what you make but what you save that gets you out of debt. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

If you cannot be thankful for what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

If God brings you to it, he will bring you through it. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

A truly humble person is not easily offended. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Mentioning the faults of others does not rid us of our own. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

A single decision, a moment in time, and the ground could shift beneath your feet. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Never doubt in the dark what God has shown you in the light. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

The most important things in your home are people. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Many people fail to recognize opportunity because it comes disguised as work. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

A man should not grieve overmuch, for that is a complaint against God. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

The days available to say a kind word to someone this year are rapidly drawing to a close. Lord God, teach us to be kind. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Whoever is afraid of doing too much always does least. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your front door forever. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Remember, when you talk, you only repeat what you already know; if you listen, you might learn something. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Faith in God is like a kite - a contrary wind only raises it higher. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Freedom is not the right to do as you please but the liberty to do as you ought. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

The real secret of happiness is not what you give or what you receive, it's what you share. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

A clear conscience is a soft pillow. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

To mistreat God's creation is to offend the Creator. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Kindness, when given away, keeps coming back. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

When did wishing someone a Merry Christmas become politically incorrect? — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Just because the boat rocks doesn't mean it's time to jump overboard. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Summer is the season when children slam the doors they left open all winter. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Blessed are those who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Some may see a hopeless end, but as believers we rejoice in an endless hope. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

God meant for the Bible to be bread for our daily use, not just cake for special occasions. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

How we spend Christmas is of greater significance than how much we spend for it. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

We fail in the work of grace and love when there is too much of us and not enough of God. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Believe. The lack of emphasis Plain People place on evangelism is often misunderstood. Setting an example of a holy life, they feel, makes a better witness than mere talk. Rather than proselytize, the Amish provide practical help when natural disasters strike. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Our children are the only treasures we can take to heaven. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Forgiveness withheld is like drinking poison and waiting for the offender to die. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Men are all alike. Grown-up children. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Choose your love and love your choice. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow are twin thieves that rob us of the moment. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

A person's eyes, they could tell you everything. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

If you don't have time to do a job right, you're going to have to make time to do it over. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Time is like the Mississippi River. It only flows in one direction. You can never go back. — Suzanne Woods Fisher