--- title: "4 Too busy Quotes By Shauna Niequist" description: "4 Too busy quotes by Shauna Niequist. Plus more from Shauna Niequist and more Too busy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/shauna-niequist-3042_fragmented_my-regrets-how-many-years-i-bruised-peop_377229.jpg" --- > [“My regrets: how many years I bruised people with my fragmented, anxious presence. How many moments of connection I missed - too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/my-regrets-how-many-years-i-bruised-people-with-my-fragmented-anxious/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/shauna-niequist-3042_fragmented_my-regrets-how-many-years-i-bruised-peop_377229.jpg) > [“believe that this way of living, this focus on the present, the daily, the tangible, this intense concentration not on the news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/believe-that-this-way-of-living-this-focus-on-the-present-the-daily/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/shauna-niequist-3042_children_believe-that-this-way-of-living-this-foc_1152408.jpg) > [“I don't want to wait anymore. I choose to believe that there is nothing more sacred or profound than this day.I choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/i-don-t-want-to-wait-anymore-i-choose-to-believe-that-there-is/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6af/shauna-niequist-3042_big-moments_i-don-t-want-to-wait-anymore-i-choose-to_2231287.jpg) > [“If what it takes for you this year to be present in this sacred, thin place, to feel the breath and presence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/if-what-it-takes-for-you-this-year-to-be-present-in-this-sacred-thin/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fab/shauna-niequist-3042_christmas_if-what-it-takes-for-you-this-year-to-be_2688702.jpg) ## Other authors on Too busy ## More by Shauna Niequist > [...what I can do is offer myself, wholehearted and present, to walk with the people I love through the fear and the mess. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/what-i-can-do-is-offer-myself-wholehearted-and-present-to-walk-with/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“We decide where the time goes. There's so much freedom in that, and so much responsibility.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/we-decide-where-the-time-goes-there-s-so-much-freedom-in-that-and-so/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your flute, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/to-all-the-secret-writers-late-night-painters-would-be-singers-lapsed/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“When things fall apart, the broken pieces allow all sorts of things to enter, and one of them is the presence of God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/when-things-fall-apart-the-broken-pieces-allow-all-sorts-of-things-to/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“The world is alive, blinking and clicking, winking at us slyly, inviting us to get up and dance to the music that’s been playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/the-world-is-alive-blinking-and-clicking-winking-at-us-slyly-inviting/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“I have always, essentially, been waiting. Waiting to become something else, waiting to be that person I always thought I was on the verge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/i-have-always-essentially-been-waiting-waiting-to-become-something/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“I am still surprised on a regular basis at the love I feel for the spirit of God, the deep respect and emotion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/i-am-still-surprised-on-a-regular-basis-at-the-love-i-feel-for-the/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“...now that I am a mother, I understand what Mother's Day is about: it's about looking through our lives and recognizing the act of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/now-that-i-am-a-mother-i-understand-what-mother-s-day-is-about-it-s/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“We have, each one of us, been entrusted with one life, made up of days and hours and minutes. We're spending them according to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/we-have-each-one-of-us-been-entrusted-with-one-life-made-up-of-days/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“Years ago, Aaron and I were talking with the pastor of a fast-growing church, and another friend, a more seasoned pastor. The first pastor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/years-ago-aaron-and-i-were-talking-with-the-pastor-of-a-fast-growing/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“I believe deeply that God does his best work in our lives during times of great heartbreak and loss, and I believe that much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/i-believe-deeply-that-god-does-his-best-work-in-our-lives-during/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“one of the chief aspects of mothering is prayer,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/one-of-the-chief-aspects-of-mothering-is-prayer/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“Our friend Ian, an Episcopal priest, taught us something I’d never heard, something that shaped all of us: on a rainy night, with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/our-friend-ian-an-episcopal-priest-taught-us-something-i-d-never/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“When you haven’t yet had your heart really broken, the gospel isn’t about death and rebirth. It’s about life and more life. It’s about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/when-you-haven-t-yet-had-your-heart-really-broken-the-gospel-isn-t/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“Present over perfect living is real over image, connecting over comparing, meaning over mania, depth over artifice. Present over perfect living is the risky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/present-over-perfect-living-is-real-over-image-connecting-over/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-busy/shauna-niequist/#itemlist", "name": "4 Too busy Quotes By Shauna Niequist", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My regrets: how many years I bruised people with my fragmented, anxious presence. 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