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Change Quotes by Shauna Niequist

8 Change quotes by Shauna Niequist

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Shauna Niequist offers eight brief reflections on change that read like gentle nudges toward acceptance. Her style blends warmth with clarity, giving you a handful of moments to pause and consider how transitions shape our everyday experience. Ideal for a short, uplifting read.

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“How often have you found yourself truly moved to change, to choose a better path or make something right, because someone on…

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“You want me to say that when you grow, finally, all the changes will stop, but they don't. There will be another…

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In many cases, change is not a function of life's cruelty but instead a function of God's graciousness.

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“I tried all the outside ways first—I imagined the changes I needed to make were about time management, or perhaps having the…

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“I know now that I can make it through more than I thought, with less than I thought. I know better than…

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But our hearts are more elastic than we think, and the work of forgiveness and transformation and growth can do things you…

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“Years ago, a wise friend told me that no one ever changes until the pain level gets high enough. That seems entirely…

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“to be true about life, too. If you dig in and fight the change you’re facing, it will indeed smash you to…

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“We decide where the time goes. There's so much freedom in that, and so much responsibility.”

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“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your flute, or…

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“When things fall apart, the broken pieces allow all sorts of things to enter, and one of them is the presence of God.”

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“The world is alive, blinking and clicking, winking at us slyly, inviting us to get up and dance to the music that’s been playing…

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“I have always, essentially, been waiting. Waiting to become something else, waiting to be that person I always thought I was on the verge…

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“I am still surprised on a regular basis at the love I feel for the spirit of God, the deep respect and emotion that…

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“...now that I am a mother, I understand what Mother's Day is about: it's about looking through our lives and recognizing the act of…

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“We have, each one of us, been entrusted with one life, made up of days and hours and minutes. We're spending them according to…

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“Years ago, Aaron and I were talking with the pastor of a fast-growing church, and another friend, a more seasoned pastor. The first pastor…

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“I believe deeply that God does his best work in our lives during times of great heartbreak and loss, and I believe that much…

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“one of the chief aspects of mothering is prayer,”

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“Our friend Ian, an Episcopal priest, taught us something I’d never heard, something that shaped all of us: on a rainy night, with the…

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“When you haven’t yet had your heart really broken, the gospel isn’t about death and rebirth. It’s about life and more life. It’s about…

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“Present over perfect living is real over image, connecting over comparing, meaning over mania, depth over artifice. Present over perfect living is the risky…

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