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Inspiring Quotes Surrounding My Desk

September 26, 2013 By Jean Wise

 

 

 

I was typing away the other day, lost in a world of words, punctuation and verb tenses.  My eyes left the screen momentarily, landing on a quote scribbled and taped to my desk.  I stopped and breathed in its wisdom,
“Look at God 

Looking at you… 

and smiling.” 

Anthony de Mello 

I smiled. For one brief moment, God and I just sat together. Not doing. Not accomplishing. Just enjoying each other’s company.
Today I sat back and looked at the wise words of others decorating (or cluttering) my writing space.  I thought I would share some of the wisdom with you that inspires me:
“If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.” 

a Russian Proverb 

“We must all suffer one of two things: 

the pain of discipline 

or the pain of regret and disappointment.” 

Jim Rohn 

“Spare moments are the gold dust of time.” 

Bishop Hall 

“Do what you should do, 

when you should do it, 

 whether you feel like it or not.” 

Thomas Huxley 

“Prayer first: 

 prayer before anything else 

or there isn’t anything else.” 

Ann Voskamp. 

“To pray is to touch God and let God touch us.”
Macrina Wiederkehr
 

“You say grace before meals 

All right. 

But I say grace before the concert and the opera, 

and grace before the play and pantomime, 

 and grace before I open a book, 

and grace before sketching, painting, 

swimming, fencing, boxing, 

walking, playing dancing 

and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.” 

G. K. Chesterton 

Do you have a favorite quote that you keep near you for inspiration?

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Comments

  1. blankJean Wise says

    September 28, 2013 at 1:08 am

    What a great quote. I think I need to add this one to my writing space. Thanks Martin Luther!

  2. blankHugmomma says

    September 27, 2013 at 5:48 pm

    “The devil hates goose quills, and doubtless he has good reason, for ready writers, by the Holy Spirit’s blessing, have done his kingdom much damage.” Martin Luther as recorded by Charles Spurgeon.

    Its an excellent reminder to use my blogger superpowers for the good 😉

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