Giving Quotes by Anne Lamott

The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.

— Anne Lamott

Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.

— Anne Lamott

if you want to know how God feels about money, look at whom she gives it to.

— Anne Lamott

Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises.

— Anne Lamott

“A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way. It's a lie if you make something up.…

— Anne Lamott

“You are going to have to give and give and give, or there's no reason for you to be writing. You have…

— Anne Lamott

Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in…

— Anne Lamott

The clipping said forgiveness meant that God is for giving, and that we are here for giving too, and that to withold…

— Anne Lamott

The thing about light is that it really isn’t yours; it’s what you gather and shine back. And it gets more power…

— Anne Lamott

One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places and…

— Anne Lamott

A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of…

— Anne Lamott

You want to give me chocolate and flowers? That would be great. I love them both. I just don't want them out…

— Anne Lamott

Little by little, in telling Sam all these details, I got to see the bigger point of baseball, that it can give…

— Anne Lamott

I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of…

— Anne Lamott

Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is…

— Anne Lamott

My mother might find a thin gold chain at the back of a drawer, wadded into an impossibly tight knot, and give…

— Anne Lamott

You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind. The rational…

— Anne Lamott

Left to my own devices, would I trade this for firm thighs, fewer wrinkles, a better memory? On some days. That's why…

— Anne Lamott

Do you mind even a little that you are still addicted to people-pleasing, and are still putting everyone else’s needs and laundry…

— Anne Lamott

I'm all over the place, up and down, scattered, withdrawing, trying to find some elusive sense of serenity." The world can't give…

— Anne Lamott

I know that if I feel any deprivation or fear [about money], the solution is to give. The solution is to go…

— Anne Lamott

Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of everyone with whom I…

— Anne Lamott

I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope…

— Anne Lamott

It helps to resign as the controller of your fate. All that energy we expend to keep things running right is not…

— Anne Lamott

If God was giving me a ham, I'd be crazy not to receive it. Maybe it was the ham of God, who…

— Anne Lamott

Creative expression, whether that means writing, dancing, bird-watching, or cooking, can give a person almost everything that he or she has been…

— Anne Lamott

When we're dealing with the people in our family - no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how…

— Anne Lamott

This is the most profound spiritual truth I know: that even when we're most sure that love can't conquer all, it seems…

— Anne Lamott

I pray not to be such a whiny, self-obsessed baby, and give thanks that I am not quite as bad as I…

— Anne Lamott

You are going to have to give and give and give, or there's no reason for you to be writing. You have…

— Anne Lamott