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Donald Miller Quotes

There’s no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very authentically looking for truth Picture Quote #1

I don’t know why it is, exactly, but the people with the healthiest self-esteem, are also the greatest at intimacy. I’m not talking about arrogant people. I’m talking about people who know they are both good and bad yet believe at the deepest level they are really good for people Picture Quote #1

Self-discipline will never make us feel righteous or clean; accepting God’s love will Picture Quote #1

Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different Picture Quote #1

If you want to bond with your friends, do something very hard with them, something that you won’t be able to do alone Picture Quote #1

...if I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don’t believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn’t matter what I say Picture Quote #1

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All this gave way to my first encounter with guilt, which is still something entirely inscrutable to me, as if aliens were sending transmissions from another planet, telling me there is a right and a wrong in the universe Picture Quote #1

The repentance we are called to is about choosing one audience over another Picture Quote #1

I’m the kind of person who wants to present my most honest, authentic self to the world, so I hide backstage and rehearse honest and authentic lines until the curtain opens Picture Quote #1

Be encouraged. Your heart is writing a poem on the world and it’s being turned into a thousand songs Picture Quote #1

The downside of being a writer is you get plenty of time to overthink your life Picture Quote #1

We don’t know how much we are capable of loving until the people we love are being taken away, until a beautiful story is ending Picture Quote #1

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Every human being is searching for a deep sense of meaning, and yet we’re all chasing success. We’ve confused one for the other Picture Quote #1

And once you live a good story, you get a taste for a kind of meaning in life, and you can’t go back to being normal; you can’t go back to meaningless scenes stitched together by the forgettable thread of wasted time Picture Quote #1

We don’t naturally want to take responsibility for our lives. We want to give the responsibility to someone else. We blame them when our lives aren’t good Picture Quote #1

There’s a lot of letters, and a lot of people come say hi at book signings, but I’m amazed at how normal everybody is Picture Quote #1

To know there is a better story for your life and to choose something other is like choosing to die Picture Quote #1

Great writers know what to cut out. It’s the same in life. Clear ambitions. Clear relationships. This is the stuff of good story Picture Quote #1

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There are two types of men in this world--one is looking for a woman to make his life complete and the other is looking for a woman to join his complete life Picture Quote #1

...burying themselves in his arm was more about feeling his love in the confusion, in the difficulty, than it was about having moved past it Picture Quote #1

I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not. It’s a discipline. So that’s definitely different. It’s part of maturing as a person and as a professional Picture Quote #1

Dwight Eisenhower said that from the beginning, his mother and father operated on an assumption that set the course of his life - that the world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence. Eisenhower’s parents assumed, and taught their children, that if their children weren’t alive, their family couldn’t function. (page 34) Picture Quote #1

True intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming Picture Quote #1

People who live great stories know failure isn’t a judgment, it’s an education Picture Quote #1

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When you live countless stories in which you play a sedentary role, it’s an odd feeling to switch stories Picture Quote #1

And when you find love, or when you are mature enough to understand it, the feeling you get is gratitude Picture Quote #1

Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It’s like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life Picture Quote #1

If you don’t feel free and be yourself, you can’t connect. Find people who accept your quirks. They’ll heal your soul Picture Quote #1

Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn’t going anywhere, and I couldn’t figure out what I was trying to do. It was really hard; much harder than I thought it was going to be. Now that I’ve studied story, I think I’d have a different approach and maybe I could actually get it done Picture Quote #1

The people I used to be surrounded by are getting along without me. Somehow, that really bugs me Picture Quote #1

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There’s no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very authentically looking for truth (Donald Miller Quotes) I don’t know why it is, exactly, but the people with the healthiest self-esteem, are also the greatest at intimacy. I’m not talking about arrogant people. I’m talking about people who know they are both good and bad yet believe at the deepest level they are really good for people (Donald Miller Quotes) Self-discipline will never make us feel righteous or clean; accepting God’s love will (Donald Miller Quotes) Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different (Donald Miller Quotes) If you want to bond with your friends, do something very hard with them, something that you won’t be able to do alone. (Donald Miller Quotes) ...if I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don’t believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn’t matter what I say. (Donald Miller Quotes) All this gave way to my first encounter with guilt, which is still something entirely inscrutable to me, as if aliens were sending transmissions from another planet, telling me there is a right and a wrong in the universe. (Donald Miller Quotes) The repentance we are called to is about choosing one audience over another (Donald Miller Quotes) I’m the kind of person who wants to present my most honest, authentic self to the world, so I hide backstage and rehearse honest and authentic lines until the curtain opens. (Donald Miller Quotes) Be encouraged. Your heart is writing a poem on the world and it’s being turned into a thousand songs. (Donald Miller Quotes) The downside of being a writer is you get plenty of time to overthink your life (Donald Miller Quotes) We don’t know how much we are capable of loving until the people we love are being taken away, until a beautiful story is ending. (Donald Miller Quotes) Every human being is searching for a deep sense of meaning, and yet we’re all chasing success. We’ve confused one for the other. (Donald Miller Quotes) And once you live a good story, you get a taste for a kind of meaning in life, and you can’t go back to being normal; you can’t go back to meaningless scenes stitched together by the forgettable thread of wasted time. (Donald Miller Quotes) We don’t naturally want to take responsibility for our lives. We want to give the responsibility to someone else. We blame them when our lives aren’t good. (Donald Miller Quotes) There’s a lot of letters, and a lot of people come say hi at book signings, but I’m amazed at how normal everybody is. (Donald Miller Quotes) To know there is a better story for your life and to choose something other is like choosing to die. (Donald Miller Quotes) Great writers know what to cut out. It’s the same in life. Clear ambitions. Clear relationships. This is the stuff of good story. (Donald Miller Quotes) There are two types of men in this world--one is looking for a woman to make his life complete and the other is looking for a woman to join his complete life. (Donald Miller Quotes) ...burying themselves in his arm was more about feeling his love in the confusion, in the difficulty, than it was about having moved past it. (Donald Miller Quotes) I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not. It’s a discipline. So that’s definitely different. It’s part of maturing as a person and as a professional. (Donald Miller Quotes) Dwight Eisenhower said that from the beginning, his mother and father operated on an assumption that set the course of his life - that the world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence. Eisenhower’s parents assumed, and taught their children, that if their children weren’t alive, their family couldn’t function. (page 34) (Donald Miller Quotes) True intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming (Donald Miller Quotes) People who live great stories know failure isn’t a judgment, it’s an education (Donald Miller Quotes) When you live countless stories in which you play a sedentary role, it’s an odd feeling to switch stories. (Donald Miller Quotes) And when you find love, or when you are mature enough to understand it, the feeling you get is gratitude. (Donald Miller Quotes) Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It’s like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life. (Donald Miller Quotes) If you don’t feel free and be yourself, you can’t connect. Find people who accept your quirks. They’ll heal your soul. (Donald Miller Quotes) Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn’t going anywhere, and I couldn’t figure out what I was trying to do. It was really hard; much harder than I thought it was going to be. Now that I’ve studied story, I think I’d have a different approach and maybe I could actually get it done. (Donald Miller Quotes) The people I used to be surrounded by are getting along without me. Somehow, that really bugs me. (Donald Miller Quotes)

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