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Thinking Quotes by Donald Miller

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Donald Miller says writing can uncover a hidden super‑power inside each of us. He points out that our imperfections are the glue that keeps us close to the people we love. He also notes that the stories we tell about love shape what children think is worth living for.

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I think the things we want most in life, the things we think will set us free, are not the thing we…

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We live on top of the created world, I think to myself, not in it.

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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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I think life is staggering and we're just too used to it.

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When we think too much about the opinions of others, we are letting them edit a book God has written.

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If you aren't telling a good story, nobody thinks you died too soon; they just think you died.

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I think each of us can, through our writing, discover our super power

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When we talk about the decline of the American family, I think we have to go back to the Industrial Revolution.

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I think it's very hard for us, for Christians, to understand that it's okay to read a book, for instance, on how…

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I think understanding your life as a story is a really terrific way of kind of knowing where you are and knowing…

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I don't read a lot of inspirational books for life. But for writing, I think the two best books are The War…

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I think, in the grand epic, Jesus is the hero of our stories. And our stories, as they were, are subplots in…

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I think that's the true litmus test for someone who has become closer to Jesus: their heart is more loving, accepting, childlike,…

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Every creative person, and I think probably every other person, faces resistance when they are trying to create something good...The harder the…

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I think our society puts too much pressure on romantic love, and that is why so many romances fail. Romance can't possibly…

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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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Do I still think there will be a day when all the wrongs are made right, when our souls find the completion…

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Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't…

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Of his new book, Don says: “It might be the greatest book ever written. I don’t think anybody is going to read…

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I think that every living person, every person who is awake to the functioning principles within his reality has a moment where…

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I think the best thing a person can do is to read through the Gospels in the Bible and really look at…

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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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I think we can provide better stories through providing mentors, and certainly part of my story is providing mentors to kids growing…

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...to be in a relationship with God is to be loved purely and furiously. And a person who thinks himself unlovable cannot…

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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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Sometimes I wish I could go back in time, sit down with myself and explain that things were going to be okay,…

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If you watched a movie about a guy who wanted a Volvo and worked for years to get it, you wouldn’t cry…

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It is hard for us to admit we have a sin nature because we live in this system of checks and balances.…

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I think this is when most people give up on their stories. They come out of college wanting to change the world,…

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More than my questions about the efficacy of social actions were my questions about my own motives. Do i want social justice…

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Sometimes when I watch my dog, I think about how good life can be, if we only lose ourselves in our stories.…

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I don't wonder anymore what I'll tell God when I go to heaven when we sit in the chairs under the tree,…

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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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I think writers can get a little melodramatic sometimes about their work, and it helps me not to do that, to just…

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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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Most of us are waiting. We're waiting for something interesting to happen. And I think we're going to wait forever if we…

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I think if you like somebody you have to tell them. It might be embarrassing to say it, but you will never…

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“What I'm saying is I think life is staggering and we're just used to it. We are all like spoiled children no…

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When I walked into the Christian section of a bookstore, the message was clear: Faith is something you do alone. Rick does…

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At the end of the day, when I am lying in bed and I know the chances of any of our theology…

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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…

I think each of us can, through our writing, discover our super power

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

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

“Humans, as a species, are constantly, and in every way, comparing themselves to one another, which, given the brief nature of their existence, seems…

“alone, lonely, and loneliness are three of the most powerful words in the English language... Those words say that we are human; they are…

“It isn't about what you don't get done; it's about what you do get done.”

“Most Christians have enormous respect for the space and freedom of others, it is only that they have found a joy in Jesus they…

“The soul needs to interact with other people to be healthy.”

Don't let go of your strength or your beauty. It was given to you by God.

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.

Every day you live is a page. Every year, a chapter. Your life, a book. What is it about?

“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…