--- title: "14 Thousand Quotes By Ann Voskamp" description: "14 Thousand quotes by Ann Voskamp. Plus more from Ann Voskamp and more Thousand sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/ann-voskamp-729_could_counting-one-thousand-gifts-i-discovered_867228.png" --- > [Counting one thousand gifts, I discovered I could count on God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/counting-one-thousand-gifts-i-discovered-i-could-count-on-god/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/ann-voskamp-729_could_counting-one-thousand-gifts-i-discovered_867228.png) > [ The book \[ One Thousand Gifts\] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around home… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-book-one-thousand-gifts-took-just-over-a-year-to-write-on-the-2/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/ann-voskamp-729_blogging_the-book-one-thousand-gifts-took-just-ov_2662059.jpg) > [Maybe the man who said that his doctor had pulled him off Prozac because One Thousand Gifts and taking the dare to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/maybe-the-man-who-said-that-his-doctor-had-pulled-him-off-prozac/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/884/ann-voskamp-729_dare_maybe-the-man-who-said-that-his-doctor-h_619860.png) > [In counting gifts, to one thousand, more, I discover that slapping a sloppy brush of thanksgiving over everything in my life leaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/in-counting-gifts-to-one-thousand-more-i-discover-that-slapping-a/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/ann-voskamp-729_brushes_in-counting-gifts-to-one-thousand-more-i_2184001.png) > [ The greatest compliment of the book \[One Thousand Gifts\]? Maybe the Muslim man in Iraq who was given the book and came… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-greatest-compliment-of-the-book-one-thousand-gifts-maybe-the/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/ann-voskamp-729_book_the-greatest-compliment-of-the-book-one_1210526.png) > [ Really, the greatest compliments about a book \[One Thousand Gifts\] are never about the book, or the author of the book, but… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/really-the-greatest-compliments-about-a-book-one-thousand-gifts-are/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/ann-voskamp-729_book_really-the-greatest-compliments-about-a_762200.jpg) > [Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/being-in-a-hurry-getting-to-the-next-thing-without-fully-entering-the/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/ann-voskamp-729_advantage_being-in-a-hurry-getting-to-the-next-thi_2686315.jpg) > [A year after One Thousand Gifts had released, Kathie Lee Gifford of the Today Show, named it one of her favorite things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/a-year-after-one-thousand-gifts-had-released-kathie-lee-gifford-of/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ca/ann-voskamp-729_astonishing_a-year-after-one-thousand-gifts-had-rele_1420671.jpg) > [ Kathie Lee \[Gifford\] invited me to come to New York for lunch with her - and surprised with an unexpected shout out… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/kathie-lee-gifford-invited-me-to-come-to-new-york-for-lunch-with-her/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79c/ann-voskamp-729_cameras_kathie-lee-gifford-invited-me-to-come-to_1134296.png) > [ The book \[ One Thousand Gifts\] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around home… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-book-one-thousand-gifts-took-just-over-a-year-to-write-on-the/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/ann-voskamp-729_abraham_the-book-one-thousand-gifts-took-just-ov_244475.png) > [I think it was simply word of mouth that made it a New York Timesbestseller for more than 60 weeks, over a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/i-think-it-was-simply-word-of-mouth-that-made-it-a-new-york/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efd/ann-voskamp-729_book_i-think-it-was-simply-word-of-mouth-that_1713158.jpg) > [I think it was simply word of mouth that made it a New York Times bestseller for more than 60 weeks, over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/i-think-it-was-simply-word-of-mouth-that-made-it-a-new-york-times/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/ann-voskamp-729_bestseller_i-think-it-was-simply-word-of-mouth-that_1834388.jpg) > [ Maybe the woman who was handed the book \[One Thousand Gifts\] by a friend the morning before she had an abortion scheduled… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/maybe-the-woman-who-was-handed-the-book-one-thousand-gifts-by-a/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/ann-voskamp-729_abortion_maybe-the-woman-who-was-handed-the-book_2959506.png) > [And the earth under your feet, the rain over your face upturned, the stars spinning all around you in the brazen glory:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/and-the-earth-under-your-feet-the-rain-over-your-face-upturned-the-2/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d7/ann-voskamp-729_beautiful_and-the-earth-under-your-feet-the-rain-o_1783349.jpg) ## Other authors on Thousand ## More by Ann Voskamp > [We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/we-only-enter-into-the-full-life-if-our-faith-gives-thanks-because/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [The answer to deep anxiety is the deep adoration of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-answer-to-deep-anxiety-is-the-deep-adoration-of-god/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“Trauma's storm can mask the Christ and feelings can lie. I draw all the hurting voices close and I tough their scars with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/trauma-s-storm-can-mask-the-christ-and-feelings-can-lie-i-draw-all/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“How long does it take for your soul to recognize that your life is full? The slower the living, the greater the sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/how-long-does-it-take-for-your-soul-to-recognize-that-your-life-is/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“For forty long years, God's people daily eat manna - a substance whose name literally mans 'What is it?' Hungry, they choose to gather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/for-forty-long-years-god-s-people-daily-eat-manna-a-substance-whose/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [The real romantics imagine greying and sagging and wrinkling as the deepening of something sacred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-real-romantics-imagine-greying-and-sagging-and-wrinkling-as-the/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Scales always lie. They don't make a scale that ever told the truth about value, about worth, about significance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/scales-always-lie-they-don-t-make-a-scale-that-ever-told-the-truth/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Darkness transfigures into light, bad transfigures into good, grief transfigures into grace, empty transfigures into full. God wastes nothing – ‘makes everything work out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/darkness-transfigures-into-light-bad-transfigures-into-good-grief/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“And the saddest of all may be when we give away our lives to insignificant things, things we didn’t realize we subconsciously loved. Turns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/and-the-saddest-of-all-may-be-when-we-give-away-our-lives-to/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“Satan's sin becomes the first sin of all humanity: the sin of ingratitude .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/satan-s-sin-becomes-the-first-sin-of-all-humanity-the-sin-of/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Simplicity is never a matter of circumstances; simplicity is a matter of focus. So in the midst of educating and parenting our children, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/simplicity-is-never-a-matter-of-circumstances-simplicity-is-a-matter/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Every day, with every word, we get to decide: Do we mar the world, or mark the world?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/every-day-with-every-word-we-get-to-decide-do-we-mar-the-world-or/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/thanksgiving-giving-thanks-in-everything-prepares-the-way-that-god/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/practice-is-the-hardest-part-of-learning-and-training-is-the-essence/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Every moment I live, I live bowed to something. And if I don't see God, I'll bow down before something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/every-moment-i-live-i-live-bowed-to-something-and-if-i-don-t-see-god/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thousand/ann-voskamp/#itemlist", "name": "14 Thousand Quotes By Ann Voskamp", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Counting one thousand gifts, I discovered I could count on God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ann Voskamp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/counting-one-thousand-gifts-i-discovered-i-could-count-on-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/ann-voskamp-729_could_counting-one-thousand-gifts-i-discovered_867228.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/ann-voskamp-729_could_counting-one-thousand-gifts-i-discovered_867228.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/ann-voskamp-729_could_counting-one-thousand-gifts-i-discovered_867228.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Counting one thousand gifts, I discovered I could count on God.” — Ann Voskamp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The book [ One Thousand Gifts] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around home educating 6 kids and farming and blogging.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ann Voskamp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-book-one-thousand-gifts-took-just-over-a-year-to-write-on-the-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/ann-voskamp-729_blogging_the-book-one-thousand-gifts-took-just-ov_2662059.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/ann-voskamp-729_blogging_the-book-one-thousand-gifts-took-just-ov_2662059.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/ann-voskamp-729_blogging_the-book-one-thousand-gifts-took-just-ov_2662059.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The book [ One Thousand Gifts] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around…” — Ann Voskamp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maybe the man who said that his doctor had pulled him off Prozac because One Thousand Gifts and taking the dare to write 1,000 gifts was healing deep places in him and leading him to *experience* joy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ann Voskamp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/maybe-the-man-who-said-that-his-doctor-had-pulled-him-off-prozac/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/884/ann-voskamp-729_dare_maybe-the-man-who-said-that-his-doctor-h_619860.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/884/ann-voskamp-729_dare_maybe-the-man-who-said-that-his-doctor-h_619860.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/884/ann-voskamp-729_dare_maybe-the-man-who-said-that-his-doctor-h_619860.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe the man who said that his doctor had pulled him off Prozac because One Thousand Gifts and taking the…” — Ann Voskamp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In counting gifts, to one thousand, more, I discover that slapping a sloppy brush of thanksgiving over everything in my life leaves me deeply thankful for very few things in my life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ann Voskamp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/in-counting-gifts-to-one-thousand-more-i-discover-that-slapping-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/ann-voskamp-729_brushes_in-counting-gifts-to-one-thousand-more-i_2184001.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/ann-voskamp-729_brushes_in-counting-gifts-to-one-thousand-more-i_2184001.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/ann-voskamp-729_brushes_in-counting-gifts-to-one-thousand-more-i_2184001.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In counting gifts, to one thousand, more, I discover that slapping a sloppy brush of thanksgiving over…” — Ann Voskamp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The greatest compliment of the book [One Thousand Gifts]? 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She shared the title with PEOPLE magazine as one of favorite books - quite astonishing for an evangelical Christian book.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ann Voskamp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/a-year-after-one-thousand-gifts-had-released-kathie-lee-gifford-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ca/ann-voskamp-729_astonishing_a-year-after-one-thousand-gifts-had-rele_1420671.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ca/ann-voskamp-729_astonishing_a-year-after-one-thousand-gifts-had-rele_1420671.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ca/ann-voskamp-729_astonishing_a-year-after-one-thousand-gifts-had-rele_1420671.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A year after One Thousand Gifts had released, Kathie Lee Gifford of the Today Show, named it one of her…” — Ann Voskamp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Kathie Lee [Gifford] invited me to come to New York for lunch with her - and surprised with an unexpected shout out again for One Thousand Gifts on the show and graciously asked a few questions on camera. 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And I wonder if the greatest challenges was to keep pressing into it when I had never been here before. 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