Janeese George Quotes & Sayings

Don't strive for perfection. There are so many changes you can make, there are so many tips you can choose to incorporate--start with ones that aren't going to diminish joy. — Sophia Ruan Gushee

There's freedom in hitting bottom, in seeing that you won't be able to save or rescue your daughter, her spouse, his parents, or your career, relief in admitting you've reached the place of great unknowing. This is where restoration can begin, because when you're still in the state of trying to fix the unfixable, everything bad is engaged: the chatter of your mind, the tension of your physiology, all the trunks and wheel-ons you carry from the past. It's exhausting, crazy-making. — Anne Lamott

My mother had a philosophy that guided her through many a rough time. 'Only worry when you can do something about it--whatever it is. Then it's not worry, it's thinking things through, trying to decide what's best. When there's nothing you can do, it's just plain worry, and it's pointless and self-destructive. — Jeanne M. Dams

Government subsidies can be critically analyzed according to a simple principle: You are smarter than the government, so when the government pays you to do something you wouldn't do on your own, it is almost always paying you to do something stupid. — P. J. O'Rourke

As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well. — Jonathan Krohn

I came with many knots in my heart,
like the magician's rope.
You undid them all at once.
I see now the splendor of the student
and that of the teacher's art.
Love and this body sit inside your presence,
one demolished, the other drunk.
We smile. We weep, tree limbs
turning sere, then light green. — Rumi

It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter. — Steve Nash

But maybe it's what the world needs. A little less sense, and a little more faith. — Rachel Joyce

I thought to myself, what is everyone's worst fear? Nuclear terrorism in America. — Nelson DeMille

Once lively peonies now
wind-weary, and ragged
at the edges, hang their heavy
crowns; rain on their backs,
one final act, before
detaching from the stem
and falling down. — Kristen Henderson

Picking up our Bibles, we should give God our full attention, withhold our opinion until we understand what He is saying, listen without interrupting, and respond with understanding and obedience. — David Jeremiah

Forgive yourself for believing things about yourself that are not true. Forgive yourself for believing that you were anything other than a child of God. Then, after forgiving yourself for believing the things you were told, forgive the people who told you. Forgive them not for what they said or did. Forgive them because they did not know any better. — Iyanla Vanzant

This is a girl you can't keep. You aren't allowed to. — Khadija Rupa