One Thousand Gifts Ann Voskamp Quotes & Sayings

One hour's meditation on the work of the Creator is better than seventy years of prayer. — Elijah Muhammad

Dreams can be like charades in which we act out words rather than see or speak them. — Jane Roberts

And the earth under your feet, the rain over your face upturned, the stars spinning all around you in the brazen glory: this is for you, you, you. These are for you-gifts-these are for you-grace-these are for you-God, so count the ways He loves, a thousand, more, never stop, that when you wake in the morning you can't help turn humbly to the east, unfold your hand to the heavens, and though you tremble and though you wonder, though the world is ugly, it is beautiful, and you can slow and you can trust and you can receive each moment as grace." From her book, "One Thousand Gifts — Ann Voskamp

I guess if a person didn't quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life. — Lance Armstrong

Forget being turned on. This man, this kiss, encompassed everything she ever wanted. — Robin Bielman

The wise who control their body, who control their tongue, the wise who control their mind, are indeed well controlled. — Max Muller

Throughout the most trying phase of the Case, Nixon and his family, and sometimes his parents, were at our farm, encouraging me and comforting my family. My children have caught him lovingly in a nickname. To them, he is always "Nixie," the kind and the good, about whom they will tolerate no nonsense. His somewhat martial Quakerism sometimes amused and always heartened me. I have a vivid picture of him, in the blackest hour of the Hiss Case, standingby the barn and saying in his quietly savage way (he is the kindest of men): "If the American people understood the real character of Alger Hiss, they would boil him in oil. — Whittaker Chambers

In counting gifts, to one thousand, more, I discover that slapping a sloppy brush of thanksgiving over everything in my life leaves me deeply thankful for very few things in my life. — Ann Voskamp

Film is a lark to me - thank God I don't have to make a living from it. — Huey Lewis

Some is not a number. Soon is not a time. — Donald Berwick

One after another, they were examined. One after another, they proved to have nothing to say
and said it (so far as the women were concerned) at great length ... — Wilkie Collins

I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middlegame. — Dawid Janowski

Counting one thousand gifts means counting the hard things - otherwise I've miscounted. — Ann Voskamp

Just me, my music, and the voices in my head. — Christie Silvers

I make soup and I back bread and I know my supreme need is joy in God and I know I can't experience deep joy in God until I deep trust in God. I shine sinks and polish through to the realization that trusting God is my most urgent need. If I deep trusted God in all the facets of my life, wouldn't that deep heal my anxiety, my self-condemnation, my soul holes? The fear is suffocating, terrorizing, and I want the remedy, and it is trust. Trust is everything. If fear keeps our lives small, does a life that receives all of God in this moment grow large too? — Ann Voskamp

Is ours a government of the people, by the people, for the people, or a kakistocracy rather, for the benefit of knaves at the cost of fools? — Thomas Love Peacock

Counting one thousand gifts, I discovered I could count on God. — Ann Voskamp

Do I really smother my own joy because I believe that anger achieves more than love? That Satan's way is more powerful, more practical, more fulfilling in my daily life than Jesus' way? WHy else get angry? Isn't it because I think complaining, exasperation, resentment will pound me up into the full life I really want? When I choose-and it is a choice-to crush joy with bitterness, am I not purposefully choosing to take the way of the Prince of Darkness? Choosing the angry way of Lucifer because I think it is more effective-more expedient-than giving thanks? — Ann Voskamp

I want to push every one of your limits. I want to take you right to the edge. Let me take anything I want. — Anthony Bryan

We [people] all need each other. Gangs do try to fill that void - but they can't do what healthy, balanced, and coherent families and communities can do. Let's strengthen our core relationships from the start - and all the way through a young person's life. This is the best way to avoid the growth of deadly and crime-involved gangs. — Luis J. Rodriguez