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People Quotes by Donald Miller

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Being yourself is the key to real connection, and finding people who accept your quirks can feel healing. Donald points out that what we do matters more than what we say, especially when sharing stories about faith. He also sees our flaws as the glue that holds relationships together.

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People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing…

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The more I try to impress people, the more I separate myself from them. Vulnerability attracts love.

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People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

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The very scary thing about religion, to me, is that people actually believe God is who they think He is.

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The people I used to be surrounded by are getting along without me. Somehow, that really bugs me.

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I'm just trying to make the point that the story we're telling ourselves is often very different from the story we're telling…

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I took William Zinsser's advice that you write to yourself and you hope that there are people out there who are like…

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People want to join a great story. If you want to lead, tell one with your life.

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But the people who took the bus didn't experience the city as we experienced the city. The pain made the city more…

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Much of the time I’ve spent trying to impress people has been a waste. The reality is people are impressed with all…

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It made me wonder if the reasons our lives seem so muddled is because we keep walking into scenes in which we,…

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Some people skip through life. Others are dragged through it. I sometimes wonder if we are moving through time, or whether time…

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I didn't know how story worked. So, when writing the screenplay, people introduced me to the science of it. And I'm grateful.…

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...I should have people around bugging me and getting under my skin because without people I could not grow - I could…

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It was a haunting feeling, the sort of sensation you get when you wonder whether you are two people, the other of…

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I had some friends commenting me books, but mostly it was people I didn't know. But they're fans. They're fans of the…

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What we really need is somebody who loves us so much we don’t worry about death, or about [anything for that matter]……

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The thing about being irresponsible is it's only cute till you are about twenty-two or so, then it becomes a liability. One…

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I posted chapters online and let people give feedback, and I was surprised at how much of that feedback I actually used…

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What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do. I used to say that…

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I think Jesus is saying, Look, you guys are running around like monkeys trying to get people to clap, but people are…

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I kept imagining these people, just living their daily lives, and then having them suddenly ended in unjust tragedy. When we watch…

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Everybody wants to be fancy and new. Nobody wants to be themselves. I mean, maybe people want to be themselves, but they…

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I fell in love with books. Some people find beauty in music, some in painting, some in landscape, but I find it…

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There's a lot of letters, and a lot of people come say "hi" at book signings, but I'm amazed at how normal…

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...if I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don't believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn't matter what I…

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Flattery has a short battery life, but reminding people they are amazing and precious and wanted and works of art can truly…

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We don't know how much we are capable of loving until the people we love are being taken away, until a beautiful…

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It blew my mind that what I was thinking was actually applicable to people's lives, and it certainly revolutionized family.

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True intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming.

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Other people keep our souls alive, just like food and water does with our body.

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A story is based on what people think is important, so when we live a story, we are telling people around us…

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How many people have damaged their own lives by mistaking enablement for grace?

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Lets choose to do something really difficult, something that saves lives, and let's do that thing with people we love.

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I want to start replacing my “fix” response with an “enjoy” response and just let people be themselves.

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If you don't feel free and be yourself, you can't connect. Find people who accept your quirks. They'll heal your soul.

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People who live great stories know failure isn’t a judgment, it’s an education.

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We don't think of our flaws as the glue that binds us to the people we love, but they are. Grace only…

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It is when people do not allow God to show up through them ... that the world collapses in on itself.

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They are lonely. I'm not talking about lonely for a lover or a friend. I mean lonely in the universal sense, lonely…

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There's a lot of letters, and a lot of people come say "hi" at book signings, but I'm amazed at how normal everybody is.

I am something of a recluse by nature. I am that cordless screwdriver that has to charge for twenty hours to earn ten minutes…

The most important thing that happens within Christian spirituality is when a person falls in love with Jesus.

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“And that’s the first time I realized that the idea a character is what he does makes as much sense in life as it…