--- title: "16 Greater Quotes By Marianne Williamson" description: "16 Greater quotes by Marianne Williamson. Plus more from Marianne Williamson and more Greater sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/marianne-williamson-90_compassion_anyone-who-is-speaking-of-a-greater-comp_2936783.png" --- > [Anyone who is speaking of a greater compassion, a greater humanitarian concern, is a leader paving the path we all need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/anyone-who-is-speaking-of-a-greater-compassion-a-greater-humanitarian/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/marianne-williamson-90_compassion_anyone-who-is-speaking-of-a-greater-comp_2936783.png) > [When the heart is pierced, there is pain, yes, but also an invitation to a greater becoming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/when-the-heart-is-pierced-there-is-pain-yes-but-also-an-invitation-to/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22f/marianne-williamson-90_becoming_when-the-heart-is-pierced-there-is-pain_843033.png) > [There is no greater gift to future generations than that we do the work God has asked us to do: love one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/there-is-no-greater-gift-to-future-generations-than-that-we-do-the/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/marianne-williamson-90_future-generation_there-is-no-greater-gift-to-future-gener_736296.png) > [Sometimes what we deem a failure at the time it happens actually serves to foster a change within us that creates an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/sometimes-what-we-deem-a-failure-at-the-time-it-happens-actually/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/marianne-williamson-90_change_sometimes-what-we-deem-a-failure-at-the_1610837.png) > [The universe is intentional. It is always moving in the direction of greater love, regardless whether or not we consciously align with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/the-universe-is-intentional-it-is-always-moving-in-the-direction-of/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65f/marianne-williamson-90_always-moving_the-universe-is-intentional-it-is-always_1001139.png) > [We are graced with a greater capacity for direct contact with our own higher power than most of us are in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/we-are-graced-with-a-greater-capacity-for-direct-contact-with-our-own/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/marianne-williamson-90_greater_we-are-graced-with-a-greater-capacity-fo_1579596.png) > [When we stop trying to control events, they fall into a natural order, an order that works. We're at rest while a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/when-we-stop-trying-to-control-events-they-fall-into-a-natural-order/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c4/marianne-williamson-90_better-job_when-we-stop-trying-to-control-events-th_544954.png) > [I do know middle age can bring greater depth, greater wisdom, greater capacity for love, greater capacity for relationship, greater consciousness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/i-do-know-middle-age-can-bring-greater-depth-greater-wisdom-greater/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/342/marianne-williamson-90_age_i-do-know-middle-age-can-bring-greater-d_1105439.png) > [Spiritual Work is not easy. It means the willingness to surrender feelings that seem, while we're in them, like our defense against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/spiritual-work-is-not-easy-it-means-the-willingness-to-surrender/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f20/marianne-williamson-90_all-things_spiritual-work-is-not-easy-it-means-the_2459431.png) > [The wisdom that comes from having experienced heartbreak cannot be bequeathed; it can only be gained through experience. And having truly felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/the-wisdom-that-comes-from-having-experienced-heartbreak-cannot-be/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/795/marianne-williamson-90_compassion_the-wisdom-that-comes-from-having-experi_965578.png) > [Hopefully, I will emerge more shining. If I have that good fortune, if I am blessed in that way - and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/hopefully-i-will-emerge-more-shining-if-i-have-that-good-fortune-if-i/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/179/marianne-williamson-90_blessed_hopefully-i-will-emerge-more-shining-if_1337911.png) > [The universe is an infinite opportunity creation machine. In every instant, the possibility of greater possibility is programmed into the nature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/the-universe-is-an-infinite-opportunity-creation-machine-in-every/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/marianne-williamson-90_computers_the-universe-is-an-infinite-opportunity_2522097.png) > [A failure remains a failure only if we refuse to learn from it. Any situation that teaches us greater humility, sobriety, wisdom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/a-failure-remains-a-failure-only-if-we-refuse-to-learn-from-it-any/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/marianne-williamson-90_decision_a-failure-remains-a-failure-only-if-we-r_3100426.jpg) > [By softening our attitudes, practicing mercy and compassion, we transform our lives by transforming other people's experience of us. Send love before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/by-softening-our-attitudes-practicing-mercy-and-compassion-we/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/marianne-williamson-90_attitude_by-softening-our-attitudes-practicing-me_3004129.jpg) > [People who have life-challenging experiences who choose to remain invested in a consistent catastrophic interpretation are not the ones I meet. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/people-who-have-life-challenging-experiences-who-choose-to-remain/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/marianne-williamson-90_challenges_people-who-have-life-challenging-experie_2866092.jpg) > [The revolution of ideas that will save us is a revolution of goodwill, of compassion, and of higher thinking. I believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/the-revolution-of-ideas-that-will-save-us-is-a-revolution-of-goodwill/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/marianne-williamson-90_add_the-revolution-of-ideas-that-will-save-u_1019038.png) ## Other authors on Greater ## More by Marianne Williamson > [The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/the-goal-of-spiritual-practice-is-full-recovery-and-the-only-thing/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [I can't say that there are 'things' that make me come alive. There are thoughts that make me come alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/i-can-t-say-that-there-are-things-that-make-me-come-alive-there-are/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [The reason so many of us are obsessed with becoming stars is because we are not yet starring in our own lives. The cosmic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/the-reason-so-many-of-us-are-obsessed-with-becoming-stars-is-because/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [Great people are not people who have never fallen down. Greatness has to do with how you get back up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/great-people-are-not-people-who-have-never-fallen-down-greatness-has/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [I feel that if your soul was branded by the sixties, you never lost the brand. It's like going into a nightclub and having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/i-feel-that-if-your-soul-was-branded-by-the-sixties-you-never-lost/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [Until we have met the monsters in ourselves, we keep trying to slay them in the outer world. And we find that we cannot.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/until-we-have-met-the-monsters-in-ourselves-we-keep-trying-to-slay/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [No matter how sad we might be, the universe is still planning our happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/no-matter-how-sad-we-might-be-the-universe-is-still-planning-our/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [Love is who we are, and when we deviate from that love we're deviating from our ultimate, essential, eternal reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/love-is-who-we-are-and-when-we-deviate-from-that-love-we-re-deviating/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [For many, many people, getting married is one of the most important things they will ever do in the pursuit of happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/for-many-many-people-getting-married-is-one-of-the-most-important/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [As all of us are only too aware, the loud and frantic voices of the outer world easily drown out the small, still loving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/as-all-of-us-are-only-too-aware-the-loud-and-frantic-voices-of-the/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [It is not too late. You are not too old. You are right on time-And you are better than you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/it-is-not-too-late-you-are-not-too-old-you-are-right-on-time-and-you/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [I tell my mother I went to God in spite of my religious education. I feel that my religious education was inadequate, but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/i-tell-my-mother-i-went-to-god-in-spite-of-my-religious-education-i/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [You don't have to be a spiritual seeker, you can be a businessman dealing with the revolution in computers. You could be a congressman,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/you-don-t-have-to-be-a-spiritual-seeker-you-can-be-a-businessman/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [Dear God, I surrender this thought to you, for I would see the miracle that lies behind it. Amen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/dear-god-i-surrender-this-thought-to-you-for-i-would-see-the-miracle/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) > [Sex is not the ultimate high, but the ultimate high hangs out around sex. The ultimate high is the dance with another person, played…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/sex-is-not-the-ultimate-high-but-the-ultimate-high-hangs-out-around/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greater/marianne-williamson/#itemlist", "name": "16 Greater Quotes By Marianne Williamson", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anyone who is speaking of a greater compassion, a greater humanitarian concern, is a leader paving the path we all need to follow.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marianne Williamson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/anyone-who-is-speaking-of-a-greater-compassion-a-greater-humanitarian/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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