Shauna Niequist Friendship Quotes & Sayings

Friendship is an opportunity to act on God's behalf in the lives of the people that we're close to, reminding each other who God is. — Shauna Niequist

Here's what else I've learned: Age doesn't guarantee wisdom, any more than age guarantees intelligence. — Nicholas Sparks

I have been fortunate to work in places where people have a passion for their work. At HHS the passion sort of exceeds passion - it's a vocation ... I obviously knew that there were certainly some challenges that I would be taking on both with the work and the politics. [But] I probably did not have the right expectation level with regard to the number and volume of crises that would occur. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell

I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky. — Katharine Hepburn

Creating meaning involves bringing order to the contents of the mind by integrating one's actions into a unified flow experience. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

In this city [Palermo] ... it's the souls of the dead who bring presents to the children ... We go to the cemetery to ask the dead for toys. — Gianni Riotta

I don't need to move to the States; I love our little village, Ibstock. — Stephen Graham

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory — James Stephens

This passenger was wondering why he had stolen a big grey suitcase on four wheels. Was it because he could and because the owner was a lout, or because the suitcase might contain a pair of shoes and even a hat? Or was it because the old man didn't have anything to lose? Allan really couldn't say why he did it. When life has gone into overtime it's easy to take liberties, he thought, and he made himself comfortable in the seat.
So far, Allan was satisfied with the way the day had developed. Then he closed his eyes for his afternoon nap. — Jonas Jonasson

When we do the hard, intimate work of friendship, we bring a little more of the divine into daily life. — Shauna Niequist

I remember sitting around the table ... long after we'd finished eating, telling stories and laughing together. At one point my dad said, "You know this doesn't happen over and over in your life. You don't get that many experiences of friendship like the ones you all share." We nodded, thankful in that moment. But I think we wanted to believe he was wrong, and that friendships like these would pop up all over our lives like dandelions. — Shauna Niequist

You don't know what the story is about when you're in the middle of it. All you can do is keep walking. At the beginning, you have buoyancy and a little arrogance. The journey looks beautiful and bright, and you are filled with resolve and silver strength, sure that you will face it with optimism and chutzpah. And the end is beautiful. You are wiser, better, deeper. The end is revelation, resolution, a soft place to land. But, oh, the middle. The middle is fog, exhaustion, loneliness, the daily battle against despair and the nagging fear that tomorrow will be just like today, only you'll be wearier and less able to defend yourself against it. All you can ask for, in the middle, are sweet moments of reprieve in the company of people you love. For a few hours, you'll feel protected by the goodness of friendship and life around the table, and that's the best thing I can imagine. — Shauna Niequist

I'd once heard a spiritual "riddle" that went like this: "What's the only thing
in heaven that's the same as it was on earth?"
The answer: the wounds in Jesus' hands and feet. — Todd Burpo

I knew that I must paint not what I saw, but only what was in me, in my soul. — Alexej Von Jawlensky

My head feels like a snow globe that's been shaken, and glitter is swirling around in it like unmoored stars. — Laini Taylor

You will never solve poverty without solving water and sanitation. — Matt Damon

When I came to know Greek art I instantly understood that excess and perfection are enemies; yet on the other hand this world and the millions of worlds around us live by fire ... ! — Ethel Smyth

OPPORTUNITIES TO build friendship and community don't always come at the most convenient times, but we have to grab them when we get the chance. — Shauna Niequist

No child under the age of fifteen should receive instruction in subjects which may possibly be the vehicle of serious error, such as philosophy, religion, or any other branch of knowledge where it is necessary to take large views; because wrong notions imbibed early can seldom be rooted out, and of all the intellectual faculties, judgment is the last to arrive at maturity. — Arthur Schopenhauer