--- title: "1 Curses Blessings Quotes By Steven James" description: "1 Curses Blessings quotes by Steven James. Plus more from Steven James and more Curses Blessings sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fde/steven-james-20892_cursed_well-there-was-a-chinese-farmer-whose-st_2451345.jpg" --- > [“Well, there was a Chinese farmer whose stallion ran away one day across the border to where a group of nomads lived. When the people from the farmer’s village tell him that he must be cursed, he says, ‘Who’s to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/well-there-was-a-chinese-farmer-whose-stallion-ran-away-one-day/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fde/steven-james-20892_cursed_well-there-was-a-chinese-farmer-whose-st_2451345.jpg) ## More by Steven James > [“Think of a caterpillar entering a cocoon. Once he does so, one of two things will happen: He will either transform into a butterfly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/think-of-a-caterpillar-entering-a-cocoon-once-he-does-so-one-of-two/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [Change is not always a good thing. What I need is not change from one thing to another but transformation from who I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/change-is-not-always-a-good-thing-what-i-need-is-not-change-from-one/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [“Patrick: How do you know so much about dating? You're a teenage girl. Tess: Because I'm a teenage girl.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/patrick-how-do-you-know-so-much-about-dating-you-re-a-teenage-girl/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [Violence can behave like a disease. That insight gives a different frame of reference that is designed to take the judgment out of it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/violence-can-behave-like-a-disease-that-insight-gives-a-different/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [“Do you know how to turn someone into a monster?” “I’m not sure. No.” “Let him be himself without restraint.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/do-you-know-how-to-turn-someone-into-a-monster-i-m-not-sure-no-let/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [Here is the paradox of the thing we call freedom: the farther we wander from God and the more we try to break free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/here-is-the-paradox-of-the-thing-we-call-freedom-the-farther-we/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [“Jesus being born as a baby was God's way of laughing at a world trying to grow up too quickly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/jesus-being-born-as-a-baby-was-god-s-way-of-laughing-at-a-world/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [“Part of living is acknowledging people’s pain and grief, but not letting it take over your heart. Though it’s always nighttime in the depths,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/part-of-living-is-acknowledging-people-s-pain-and-grief-but-not/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [“Live each moment, each precious moment that you have. Live each one as if it were your last. And your first. Miss”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/live-each-moment-each-precious-moment-that-you-have-live-each-one-as/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [Christianity is wild. It’s intimate. It’s heartbreaking and soul-mending. It’s the wings to rise above the everyday and hope of a honeymoon with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/christianity-is-wild-it-s-intimate-it-s-heartbreaking-and-soul/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [Plastic people flashing fake smiles at a pretend world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/plastic-people-flashing-fake-smiles-at-a-pretend-world/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [“I am a caged bird, rattling the bars of my cage, with furious flutterings, break my chains! Free my spirit! Let me fly with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/i-am-a-caged-bird-rattling-the-bars-of-my-cage-with-furious/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [God dances with the outcast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/god-dances-with-the-outcast/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [“Well, I don’t know for sure if it’s still there, but when we lived in Minnesota, we would drive through Janesville to get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/well-i-don-t-know-for-sure-if-it-s-still-there-but-when-we-lived-in/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) > [The gifts of the Master are these: freedom, life, hope, new direction, transformation, and intimacy with God. If the cross was the end of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/the-gifts-of-the-master-are-these-freedom-life-hope-new-direction/) [Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curses-blessings/steven-james/#itemlist", "name": "1 Curses Blessings Quotes By Steven James", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Well, there was a Chinese farmer whose stallion ran away one day across the border to where a group of nomads lived. When the people from the farmer’s village tell him that he must be cursed, he says, ‘Who’s to say it’s not a blessing?’ So then, about a month later the stallion returns with a mare beside it. 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