Angela > Angela's Quotes

“Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

“Like a short spoon in a tall glass, people’s attention simply cannot reach the bottom of our profound longing to be valued. Only God can reach that place because he is the One who created that place.”
― Alicia Britt Chole, Anonymous: Jesus' hidden years...and yours

“When you meet a wise person, listen to him and you will learn wisdom; when you meet a foolish person, listen to him and you will learn patience; when you are alone, listen to God, and you will learn everything else.”
― Augustine Wetta, Humility Rules: Saint Benedict's Twelve-Step Guide to Genuine Self-Esteem

“Consider humility to be the mother-virtue, your very first duty before God, the one constant safeguard of the soul, and set your heart on it as the source of all blessing.”
― Andrew Murray, Humility: The Beauty of Holiness

“As much as you have pride within you, you have the fallen angel alive in you. As much as you have true humility, you have of the Lamb of God within you.”
― Andrew Murray, Humility: The Beauty of Holiness

“A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“I WAKE CLOSE TO MORNING Why do people keep asking to see God’s identity papers when the darkness opening into morning is more than enough? Certainly any god might turn away in disgust. Think of Sheba approaching the kingdom of Solomon. Do you think she had to ask, “Is this the place?”
― Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

“PRAYING It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.”
― Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

“GETHSEMANE The grass never sleeps. Or the roses. Nor does the lily have a secret eye that shuts until morning. Jesus said, wait with me. But the disciples slept. The cricket has such splendid fringe on its feet, and it sings, have you noticed, with its whole body, and heaven knows if it ever sleeps. Jesus said, wait with me. And maybe the stars did, maybe the wind wound itself into a silver tree, and didn’t move, maybe the lake far away, where once he walked as on a blue pavement, lay still and waited, wild awake. Oh the dear bodies, slumped and eye-shut, that could not keep that vigil, how they must have wept, so utterly human, knowing this too must be a part of the story.”
― Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

“Oh, feed me this day, Holy Spirit, with the fragrance of the fields and the freshness of the oceans which you have made, and help me to hear and to hold in all dearness those exacting and wonderful words of our Lord Christ Jesus, saying: Follow me.”
― Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

“I know a lot of fancy words. I tear them from my heart and my tongue. Then I pray.”
― Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

“Daily Prayers Dissolve Your Cares I meet God in the morning and go with Him through the day, Then in the stillness of the night before sleep comes I pray That God will just take over all the problems I couldn’t solve, And in the peacefulness of sleep my cares will all dissolve. So when I open up my eyes to greet another day, I’ll find myself renewed in strength and there will open up a way To meet what seemed impossible for me to solve alone, And once again I’ll be assured I am never on my own.”
― Helen Steiner Rice, A Collection of Peace

“Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.”
― Aesop

“A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense and is thereby a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety.”
― Ansel Adams

“Photoghraphic projects can be as short as an afternoon or as long as a lifetime.”
― George Barr

“When you have passion, you don't need coffee.”
― Rob Liano

“Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.”
― Robert Henri

“Like a confiding child, she asked no questions, but left everything to God and nature, Father and Mother of us all, feeling sure that they, and they only, could teach and strengthen heart and spirit for this life and the life to come. She did not rebuke Jo with saintly speeches, only loved her better for her passionate affection, and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us closer to Himself.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Those are people whom it's a satisfaction to help, for if they've got genius, it's an honor to be allowed to serve them, and not let it be lost or delayed for want of fuel to keep the pot boiling.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Isn’t it amazing that we turn to others who have a perspective as limited and darkened as our own to discover our worth! Rather than relying on God’s steady, uplifting reassurance of who we are, we depend on others who base our worth on our ability to meet their standards. Because our performance and ability to please others so dominate our search for significance, we have difficulty recognizing the distinction between our real identity and the way we behave, a realization crucial to understanding our true worth. Our true value is based not on our behavior or the approval of others but on what God’s Word says is true of us.”
― Robert S. McGee, The Search for Significance: Seeing Your True Worth Through God's Eyes