Cindy Woodsmall > Quotes

“Things can be cleaned and replaced. Great moments cannot afford to be lost.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, The Bridge of Peace

“In any serious relationship, if you don't gather your partner's opinion before making a decision that impacts you both, you're just storing up trouble for the future.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, The Christmas Singing

“Facing our fears, skeletons, and mistakes is paramount in finding ourselves-in living with ourselves. Once it's done, that fear will be laid to rest, and she'll be stronger for having dealt with it and have more peace becausse she's not carrying the weight of that fear every day and night.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, When the Soul Mends

“There are no coincidences in God's providence.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, A Season for Tending

“We all have value and the right to find as much peace with ourselves and our flaws and weaknesses as possible. Why would forgiveness be so important to God if we didn't need it all the time? He knew we would need it from Him, but also from us for ourselves and for others. When we get peace with our weakest areas, we'll find new ways to build on our strongest areas.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, The Bridge of Peace

“(Never) judge a book by its cover or a woman by her kitchen.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, Plain Wisdom: An Invitation into an Amish Home and the Hearts of Two Women

“A fallen planet is no easy place to live.
Ya, but heaven is.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, When the Soul Mends

“I had no more value after I became an author than when I was in my home tending to runny noses, little bumps and bruises. . . Our value can't be wrapped inside what others think or we think, because that is too dependent on this ever-shifting world. The value God places on us makes us more than we think we are, even on our hardest days, weeks, or years.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, Plain Wisdom: An Invitation into an Amish Home and the Hearts of Two Women

“Pretty is as pretty does" was a stupid cliché in her estimation. Pretty is what God does in the hearts and minds of people who are a mess-whether outwardly or inwardly or both.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, A Season for Tending

“I don't get it. It's a bunch of trees with leaves.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, The Sound of Sleigh Bells

“People ate everyday, and often times they didn't pause when standing in the fresh produce section of the grocery store to realize the magnitude of God's earth that feeds them.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, A Season for Tending

“A very smart woman once asked me, 'Do you think money is the answer to everything?' I have a family issue and I'm going home”
― Cindy Woodsmall, When the Morning Comes

“One little deed done in time is worth more than a thousand good intentions.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, Plain Wisdom: An Invitation into an Amish Home and the Hearts of Two Women

“Only bad shepherds use entrances other than the door. Didn't your mother teach you anything?"
"Yes, she did. That you're a troublemaker.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, The Sound of Sleigh Bells

“I don't think God puts us on this earth so we can be afraid of stepping into the unknown. Isn't tomorrow an unknown even if we all stay right here where tradition is kept and every piece of ground is familiar?”
― Cindy Woodsmall, For Every Season

“What did an invisible God want from a bunch of frail, selfish people? The only thing Landon could figure was that He'd like for them to learn to love and help one another. Why else would they be living on such a difficult planet?”
― Cindy Woodsmall, The Winnowing Season

“I used to think I wasn't strong enough to face my future. But eventually I learned that I only have to face today, and that's where our loving God, faithful family, and good friends come in. Each brings something to the day that strengthens us - just enough, but who needs more than just enough?”
― Cindy Woodsmall, Ties that Bind

“You're presence here has caused a fresh buzz amoung the young women. You need to find one who suits you before you're too old.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, The Sound of Sleigh Bells

“If he lived through this night, he'd look back on this moment and recall seeing the universe in all its majesty and recognizing he was only a powerless man staring into the vastness of an all-powerful God.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, The Dawn of Christmas: A Romance from the Heart of Amish Country

“Real love—it’s the best, most painful thing God ever did for us.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, Sisters of the Quilt: The Complete Trilogy

“Church existed because of love and forgiveness, not because of man’s accusations and disapproval.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, Fraying at the Edge

“most relationship issues are solved with one thing: setting boundaries. See the problem for what it is, set a boundary, and follow through despite how hard the person tries to break the boundary and how much it hurts to hold fast.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, The Englisch Daughter

“Love wasn’t all that touched their lives on this planet, but it made everything else endurable.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, When the Soul Mends

“The bluff was cut as if a child had taken a spoon to the rim of a three-layer cake.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, A Love Undone: An Amish Novel of Shattered Dreams and God's Unfailing Grace

“We started talking and came to the conclusion that building a good, solid relationship is like forging metals. Life and emotions are the fire, but it's our vision of what we want to create and our willingness to pound with determination that give us a sturdy, useful end product.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, A Love Undone: An Amish Novel of Shattered Dreams and God's Unfailing Grace

“Honey, anything can be hard - having a husband gone all the time, or underfoot all the time, or no husband, or … whatever. The answer is to build a life around those things.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, The Sound of Sleigh Bells

“Seems to me that most relationship issues are solved with one thing: setting boundaries. See the problem for what it is, set a boundary, and follow through despite how hard the person tries to break the boundary and how much it hurts to hold fast.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, The Englisch Daughter

“It took work to keep the mind, the heart, and emotions clean and orderly.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, The Englisch Daughter

“But it seems that in the end all that matters is finding a way to survive the grief and trusting in the goodness of life beyond the pain.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, When the Soul Mends

“The last thing she needed to do was start a difficult conversation without knowing her own mind and heart.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, When the Soul Mends