Tricia Goyer > Quotes

“God created you with special talents for a purpose, and sometimes those we love most don't understand that. Don't let the doubts of others ring louder than God's whispers to your spirit. Sometimes God's whispers are harder to hear, but they're to be trusted the most.”
― Tricia Goyer, The Memory Jar

“Dat had always told her that whenever you got angry at another person, it was an opportunity to take a glimpse of your own faults.”
― Tricia Goyer, The Memory Jar

“You don't want to look back at your years with regrets. Regrets have no place in your memory jar.”
― Tricia Goyer, The Memory Jar

“But flowers feed our soul in a different way. They remind us of a God who creates beautiful things and takes notice of the tiniest detail”
― Tricia Goyer, A Christmas Gift for Rose

“She was drowning—in friendliness, in community—and she was starting to think she didn't want to get pulled out.”
― Tricia Goyer, Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska

“I also try to weigh my motives. Am I doing what I'm doing because it's what God desires, or because I'm afraid people will be disappointed if I don't?”
― Tricia Goyer, The Memory Jar

“Her whole life she always pictured falling in love being full of nervous emotion, peaks of romance, and the excitement of wondering if he loved her as much as she loved him. But maybe love was simpler. Maybe true love was finding someone you could talk to with ease, whose heart cared for the same things, and whose dreams could meld with your own.”
― Tricia Goyer, The Memory Jar

“I suppose sometimes it takes getting lost to enjoy the joy of being found”
― Tricia Goyer

“With God, it's possible to be content wherever we are, with whatever we have.”
― Tricia Goyer, The One Year Book of Amish Peace: Hearing God's Voice in the Simple Things

“It's hard to know, isn't it, whether the things we face are just because the world is full of sin and sinful people, or if God is working out a plan,' Grandma continued. 'I happen to think it's both. There's sin, but through it all, He takes the mess we make and paints a masterpiece. In fact, I'm quite certain that before God can ever bless a woman—and use her to impact many—He uses the hammer, the file, and the furnace to do a holy work.”
― Tricia Goyer, Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska

“Thank you for reminding me that the future is in God's hands.'" "'You're welcome. And remember, wherever you go, in body and mind, you simply need to call out to God and He is there”
― Tricia Goyer, A Christmas Gift for Rose

“Every time that God gives us a child, it's His way of saying He trusts us-trusts us to offer love and to guide the child toward Him.”
― Tricia Goyer, A Christmas Gift for Rose

“Some people my accuse me of doing too much. Sometimes I agree with them. But then there is a part of me that wants to follow God --- wholeheartedly, completely and full throttle, wherever He may lead. I don't want to look back fifty years from now and think, What if I had trusted God? Where would I be?”
― Tricia Goyer, Blue Like Play Dough: The Shape of Motherhood in the Grip of God

“She glanced again at the number of page views on her blog from last month: 18. Three for every post she'd written. Sean, her mother, and Izzy (her best friend), no doubt. Although Allyson wasn't sure if Izzy had read the last post, and her mother had commented that she'd read it twice, pointing out three grammatical errors.”
― Tricia Goyer, Mom's Night Out

“Don't you realize it's the doing that often gets us into trouble? It's not the doing that makes God happy. It's not about what we've done...it's about what been done for us.”
― Tricia Goyer, Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska

“No matter where she went, God was her family. He was her hope.”
― Tricia Goyer, A Christmas Gift for Rose

“As she walked, the horror stories she'd heard from Felix and the others became real. This is what their underground efforts were fighting against. These camps, these guards, were reality to thousands of people... Reality to the person who had just made the trip up the chimney. If they did not stop this madness, it would be the end of them all.”
― Tricia Goyer, Night Song: A Story of Sacrifice

“Sunlight and shade,' his oma had commented once. Jathan liked that, mostly because shade meant that even though things were dim for a time, the sun was still there, just on the other side of the barrier.”
― Tricia Goyer, The Memory Jar

“But Mama taught me that a girl’s good looks soon fade, while what’s in her heart just keeps getting more beautiful.”
― Tricia Goyer, Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington

“For so long, she'd taken her memories of Patty - the memories they'd created together - and held them outside of herself, protecting herself from the pain of carrying them deep within. It was as if she carried all the memories in her jars. But if doing so, it was as if she'd also kept everyone else - those still in her life - at arm's length too.”
― Tricia Goyer, The Memory Jar

“So many times in life we try to protect what we value, but we are doubly blessed when we give it away. Have you given away your love today? Have you shared your faith? If not, what are you waiting for?”
― Tricia Goyer, Seeds of Love: An Amish Garden Novella

“Princess Alessandra did not allow the prison to change her. Instead, she let ehr strength of character change the prison-or, more accurately, the other prisonners.”
― Tricia Goyer, Trust the Stars

“Victory could only be achieved with faith, hope, and resilience.”
― Tricia Goyer, Where Treetops Glisten: Three Stories of Heartwarming Courage and Christmas Romance During World War II

“How could she ever plan her future when there was always someone who would go out of her way to step in and try to plan it for her?”
― Tricia Goyer, Seeds of Love: An Amish Garden Novella

“People ought to enjoy every day of their lives. (Referencing Ecclesiastes Chapter 11 in the Bible)”
― Tricia Goyer, Seeds of Love: An Amish Garden Novella

“Make something good come out of this-even if I don’t get the girl in the end.”
― Tricia Goyer

“Trauma-triggered anger usually manifests itself in one of three ways: fight, flight, or freeze.”
― Tricia Goyer, Calming Angry Kids: Help and Hope for Parents in the Whirlwind

“68 Gold Medallion awards for its books, more than any other publisher.”
― Tricia Goyer, The Promise Box

“If you were to lock me away in a white room in a straitjacket it would actually feel comforting as long as the walls were spotless and nobody wore shoes. - Allyson”
― Tricia Goyer, Mom's Night Out

“After all, it’s often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars”
― Tricia Goyer, Trust the Stars