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title: "1 Outside Better Quotes By Joan D. Chittister"
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> [Hope is not a matter of waiting for things outside of us to get better. It is about getting better inside about what is going on outside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/hope-is-not-a-matter-of-waiting-for-things-outside-of-us-to-get/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

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## More by Joan D. Chittister

> [A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/a-hard-heart-makes-for-hard-judgments-a-compassionate-heart/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [To be enlightened is to know that heaven is not "coming." Heaven is here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/to-be-enlightened-is-to-know-that-heaven-is-not-coming-heaven-is-here/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [We don't change as we get older - we just get to be more of what we've always been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/we-don-t-change-as-we-get-older-we-just-get-to-be-more-of-what-we-ve/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [We may well be the ones Proverbs warns when it reminds us: "Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one who speaks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/we-may-well-be-the-ones-proverbs-warns-when-it-reminds-us-kings-take/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [Today we live in a world that judges its achievements by speed and busyness. Â… We are so busy making things happen that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/today-we-live-in-a-world-that-judges-its-achievements-by-speed-and/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [My limitations make space for the gifts of other people. Without the grace of our limitations we would be isolated, dry, and insufferable creatures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/my-limitations-make-space-for-the-gifts-of-other-people-without-the/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [Humility is authenticity. It comes from the Latin word humus, meaning "earth." As the church has taught, we're made of dust, and unto dust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/humility-is-authenticity-it-comes-from-the-latin-word-humus-meaning/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/compassion-makes-no-distinction-between-friends-and-enemies-neighbors/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [Prophets are so dangerous because they cry in season and out of season, politely and impolitely, loud and long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/prophets-are-so-dangerous-because-they-cry-in-season-and-out-of/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [“We don't change as we get older - we just get to be ore of what we've always been.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/we-don-t-change-as-we-get-older-we-just-get-to-be-ore-of-what-we-ve/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [“What happens to the spiritual life of a young girl who is made to understand, consciously or subconsciously, that she has no place in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/what-happens-to-the-spiritual-life-of-a-young-girl-who-is-made-to/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [Old age tells us that we ourselves have failed often, have never really done anything completely right, have never truly been perfect - anad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/old-age-tells-us-that-we-ourselves-have-failed-often-have-never/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [But we are here to depart from this world as finished as we can possibly become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/but-we-are-here-to-depart-from-this-world-as-finished-as-we-can/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [“Whatever happens to the body, what toll age takes on the physical, the spirit does not grow old. In our dreams, in the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/whatever-happens-to-the-body-what-toll-age-takes-on-the-physical-the/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

> [Two ideas militate against our consciously contributing to a better world. The idea that we can do everything or the conclusion that we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/two-ideas-militate-against-our-consciously-contributing-to-a-better/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

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