Beverly Lewis > Quotes

“Books are like friends to me. Words come alive on the page.”
― Beverly Lewis The Betrayal

“Courage is fear on its knees.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Fiddler

“Yet it seems to me finishing well in this life is not so much about who is the best or greatest at something, but rather who embraces lowliness of heart. Laying down one's rights- meekness- is a blessed virtue, one that must surely come straight from the Throne of Grace.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Prodigal

“Happiness isn't wanting what you can get, but wanting what you have.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Judgment

“The tarter the apple, the tastier the cider.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Revelation

“This is what reading is like to me. It's finding a spring in the midst of a barren land. Just when I think I might up and die of thirst, I stumble onto this fresh, cold water, and I'm suddenly given this new life because I can-and do-drink to my heart's content.”
― Beverly Lewis The Betrayal

“I've learned that sometimes I have to give up my right to know and simply believe that God's knowing is enough.”
― Beverly Lewis

“We can trust the Savior even when we can't trust ourselves.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Brethren

“It keeps us ever mindful of life, how it streams by in an awful rush if one is not careful to stop and listen...and honestly see. (Main character Annie Zook)”
― Beverly Lewis

“Trust in him at all times . . . pour out your heart before him.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Secret

“When all's said and done, it's people, not things, that bring the most joy.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Time Piece

“The Lord God sees this here mess from on high.”
― Beverly Lewis

“No one’s stuck anywhere unless they choose to be. The Lord God guides those who are moving forward.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Bridesmaid

“It made no sense, but then, life was rather senseless most of the time.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Postcard

“I’ve learned that sometimes I have to give up my right to know and simply believe that God’s knowing is enough. Not that I don’t want to question. Ach, I surely do. But in the three years since Benuel’s death, I’ve learned that peace comes with that kind of givin’ up . . . and, not to boast, but my faith has grown because of it, too.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Guardian

“Worry leads to gray hair,”
― Beverly Lewis, The Mercy

“These words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
"Who a person is-how they conduct their lives-will influence a child for righteousness,”
― Beverly Lewis, The Englisher

“I felt sorry for girls who didn't write in journals. It was the best way to deal with life sometimes.”
― Beverly Lewis, Sealed with a Kiss

“rushed upstairs and slipped into new jeans and a hot-pink wool sweater with a white T underneath. Then I went into the bathroom to do my hair. I brushed it vigorously, then parted it down the middle and made two big braids, one on either side of my head. I finished the outfit off with a pretty beaded bracelet featuring every conceivable shade of pink. Perfect.”
― Beverly Lewis, Holly's Heart, Collection 1: Best Friend, Worst Enemy/Secret Summer Dreams/Sealed with a Kiss/The Trouble with Weddings/California Crazy

“They began swinging high and higher as the sky opened its arms wide.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Englisher

“I'm learning that it's not what comes our way that matters so much as it is how we react.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Timepiece

“The power that brought Jesus Christ back from the grave is the same power that today can meet our every need—body, mind, and spirit.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Revelation

“A beau needs to love you for who you are, not who you're tryin' to be.”
― Beverly Lewis

“She couldn’t argue with that. “I’ll”
― Beverly Lewis, The Tinderbox

“She stretched, relaxing in the comfortable bed as she recalled that Dawdi Jeremiah believed wholeheartedly that if a person would simply lie in bed for twenty minutes before rising, the day would go more smoothly.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Thorn

“The People expected too much of the little English boy from Philly. Yet Nick had come back to the very folk who had failed to believe in him.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Mercy

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Ebb Tide

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― Beverly Lewis, The Thorn

“Daddy and I used to spend summer nights singing our hearts out on that swing. Sometimes Mom came out to join us, surprising us with iced tea to sip on between songs. But that was light-years ago.”
― Beverly Lewis, Holly's Heart, Collection 1: Best Friend, Worst Enemy/Secret Summer Dreams/Sealed with a Kiss/The Trouble with Weddings/California Crazy

“Havin’ to wait gives us time to learn that He’s always standing with us, teaching constant love and patience, until we finally come to the point of prayin’, ‘Thy will be done,’” Frannie pointed out.”
― Beverly Lewis, The Ebb Tide