Karen Kingsbury Quotes

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Never be passive. Victories happen when you take charge of a game. You can't win by playing not to lose".

Karen Kingsbury
People were never meant to be idols. We aren't supposed to be worshipped. Only God deserves that kind of praise.

Karen Kingsbury
The death of a friendship was usually slow and insidious, like the wearing away of a hillside after years of too much rain. A handful of misunderstandings, a season of miscommunication, the passing of time, and where once stood two women with a dozen years of memories and tears and conversation and laughter—where once stood two women closer than sisters—now stood two strangers.

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We must remember how to love, remember what's important, and remember God's truth as it applies to our relationships.

Karen Kingsbury
The eagle had two natural enemies: storms and serpents. He embraced the storm, waiting on the rock for the right thermal current and then using that to carry him higher. While other birds were taking cover, the eagle was soaring. An eagle would never fight against the storms of life.

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The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.

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The next time that boy pursues you, he better do it like a dying man looking for water in a desert. When it's the right guy, you'll know, because he'll cherish you.

Karen Kingsbury
God stays awake all the time. In case we need to talk to Him about something.

Karen Kingsbury
God, please now my future see, make it clear where I should be. Open windows, close the doors, not my will, my God, but Yours.

Karen Kingsbury
The more bad choices you make, the less bad your choices seem.

Karen Kingsbury
This last year... I learned something about family. Like it's not about blood alone. It's being connected... it's growing up together and loving each other. It's believing in the same God and knowing you'd do anything for the person across from you at dinner.

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As long as he was breathing, God's greatest task for him was not yet finished. His highest purpose in life was still unfulfilled.... God still had plans for him.

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You can't base your decisions on anyone's opinion but yours and God's.

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Life changes, people come and go and seasons never last. Karen kingsbury # Leaving

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I tell of hearts and souls and dances... Butterflies and second chances; Desperate ones and dreamers bound, Seeking life from barren ground, Who suffer on in earthly fate The bitter pain of agony hate, Might but they stop and here forgive Would break the bonds to breathe and live And find that God in goodness brings A chance for change, the hope of wings To rest in Him, and self to die And so become a butterfly.

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My parents used to say faith wasn't something you could pretend about. It wasn't real unless it looked like faith and acted like faith.

Karen Kingsbury
Forgiveness makes you feel better. As soon as you forgive, you're free.

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Life is too short to be anything but real with the cast of characters God has placed in the story of your life. Love well, laugh often, and find your life in Christ. Don't hide away or be a follower. Be the wonderful unique person God made you to be, and know that your purpose will always be best when defined by your faith in him

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Because love was a light that wouldn't allow darkness to reign in his soul.

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New steps. That's what it amounted to. The two of them were learning the steps that would bring them together, a dance that would take them into forever. A dance that could be nothing less than God's plan for their lives.

Karen Kingsbury
It's not how we fall that defines us as Christians. It's how we get up again.

Karen Kingsbury