Jen Schmidt > Quotes

“Perfection is the enemy of done. Wait, forget that, sometimes perfection is the enemy of even starting.”
― Jen Schmidt, Just Open the Door: How One Invitation Can Change a Generation

“When discontentment begins to settle in your heart, turn a "have to" attitude into a "get to" attitude, and it will elevate your ability to press in and learn to love what needs to be done, regardless of how you feel. "I don't have to __________; I GET to.”
― Jen Schmidt, Just Open the Door: How One Invitation Can Change a Generation

“The deep-seated worrying, the excuses, and the overthinking of a simple invitation should be warning signs, telling us we’re confusing social entertaining with hospitality. When we use our lives exactly as they are, desiring only to create a sacred space for our guests, mixing it with the countercultural truth of loving Jesus and loving others, we turn entertaining upside down, and it becomes radical hospitality.”
― Jen Schmidt, Just Open the Door: How One Invitation Can Change a Generation