the times we worked harder to make the day stand out. our story demanded that we change and so we did. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
The truth is, if what we choose to do with our lives won't make a story meaningful, it won't make a life… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I've wondered, though, if one of the reasons we fail to acknowledge the brilliance of life is because we don't want the… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
If I have a hope, it's that God sat over the dark nothing and wrote you and me, specifically, into the story… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I didn't know how story worked. So, when writing the screenplay, people introduced me to the science of it. And I'm grateful.… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
My Sunday school teachers had turned Bible narrative into children's fables. They talked about Noah and the ark because the story had… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Robert McKee says humans naturally seek comfort and stability. Without an inciting incident that disrupts their comfort, they won’t enter into a… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict,… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Without the Christian explanation of original sin, the seemingly silly story of Adam and Eve and the tree of the knowledge of… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
When one of my friends becomes a Christian, which happens about every 10 years because I am a sheep about sharing my… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
We don't think much about how our love stories will affect the world, but they do. Children learn what's worth living for… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation. If… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I think this is when most people give up on their stories. They come out of college wanting to change the world,… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
If you watched a movie about a guy who wanted a Volvo and worked for years to get it, you wouldn’t cry… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
He thought about the story his daughter was living and the role she was playing inside that story. He realized he hadn't… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I kept imagining these people, just living their daily lives, and then having them suddenly ended in unjust tragedy. When we watch… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Job found contentment and even joy, outside the context of comfort, health or stability. He understood the story was not about him,… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I often learn more about myself from listening to the life story of a friend than I do reflecting on my own… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
A story is based on what people think is important, so when we live a story, we are telling people around us… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Christian spirituality was not a children's story. It wasn't cute or neat. It was mystical and odd and clean, and it was… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I think each of us can, through our writing, discover our super power — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
If you don't feel free and be yourself, you can't connect. Find people who accept your quirks. They'll heal your soul. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“Humans, as a species, are constantly, and in every way, comparing themselves to one another, which, given the brief nature of their existence, seems… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“alone, lonely, and loneliness are three of the most powerful words in the English language... Those words say that we are human; they are… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“It isn't about what you don't get done; it's about what you do get done.” — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“Most Christians have enormous respect for the space and freedom of others, it is only that they have found a joy in Jesus they… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Don't let go of your strength or your beauty. It was given to you by God. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
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. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I am something of a recluse by nature. I am that cordless screwdriver that has to charge for twenty hours to earn ten minutes… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image