“The important thing isn't proving you can achieve a goal, but living every moment along the way, even the side trips” — Lisa Wingate Every moment Copy Share Image
“Sometimes God puts a new path under your feet, not because you think you’re ready to walk it, but because He knows… — Lisa Wingate Path Copy Share Image
“...The most important thing, I think. You can't run from your past. You have to take it for what it is and… — Lisa Wingate Important Copy Share Image
“In those moments, I'd known that something new was being formed in me, too, created so gently that I hadn't even realized… — Lisa Wingate New Copy Share Image
“In my multifold years of life, I have learned that most people get along as best they can. They don’t intend to… — Lisa Wingate Life Copy Share Image
“Through one lighthouse, you guide many ships. Iola’s words whispered in my mind. Was she thinking of the” — Lisa Wingate Lighthouse Copy Share Image
“Eventually, you must stop running to something or from something and embrace where you are. Otherwise you’ll never embrace anything.” — Lisa Wingate Embrace Copy Share Image
“You are a God of winds and tides. Of journeys and storms and navigation by stars and faith.” — Lisa Wingate Faith Copy Share Image
“How often ... do we pass by a need, a life that could be changed with the smallest bit of effort? And… — Lisa Wingate Changing the world Copy Share Image
“The secret to a happy life is not in getting what you want. It is in learning to want what you get.… — Lisa Wingate Happy life Copy Share Image
“The storms come and it’s water and wind as far as the eye can see for a bit. But winds calm and… — Lisa Wingate Storms Copy Share Image
“I realize it's not the best timing-it's only been a month, but life isn't about waiting for perfect timing. If you're not… — Lisa Wingate Life Copy Share Image
“I wrote about the rush of love, the changing of a woman into a mother—a process that happened without conscious thought, as… — Lisa Wingate Change Copy Share Image
“When I'm with him, I feel like a completely different person. I like the way this person feels. And then I wonder… — Lisa Wingate Authentic Copy Share Image
“Every decision you make in life has benefits and consequences. Sometimes you just have to go on faith, and even that comes… — Lisa Wingate Consequences Copy Share Image
“One of the best things a father can do for his daughter is let her know that she has met his expectations.… — Lisa Wingate Children Copy Share Image
“I learned that life can change in an instant. It can flip over like a box of Styrofoam peanuts, and you're left… — Lisa Wingate Change Copy Share Image
“But is life a success when it doesn’t include time for after-school talks, and curling up to read books on winter nights,… — Lisa Wingate Big things Copy Share Image
“Dawn comes after the darkness, and with it the promise that what has been torn by the sea is not lost. All… — Lisa Wingate Darkness Copy Share Image
“God is a good horseman. He waits while we circle the fences of our lives—whatever they are, whether it be a bad… — Lisa Wingate Children Copy Share Image
“I began to see the magic of Jocelyn's horse psychology school. You couldn't put on airs with a horse, as we so… — Lisa Wingate Horse Copy Share Image
“Pride and resentment do not create bread that will rise. Bread, like a good life, can only be created by honest measure,… — Lisa Wingate Anger Copy Share Image
“But ain't it always the way, Birdie, that the easiest faults to find in other people are the ones you got yourself?” — Lisa Wingate Birdie Copy Share Image
“Help them to show the world that our greatness is not in things we do for ourselves, but in things we do… — Lisa Wingate Christianity Copy Share Image
“But sometimes it's the things that require a leap of faith that we need to believe in most of all.” — Lisa Wingate Believe Copy Share Image
“Prayers are answered in ways we don’t choose. The river of grace bubbles up in unexpected places.” — Lisa Wingate Grace Copy Share Image
“Hardship finds its way into every life. It’s just much easier to see our own than other people’s.” — Lisa Wingate Easier Copy Share Image
“But the love of sisters needs no words. It does not depend on memories, or mementos, or proof. It runs as deep… — Lisa Wingate Love Copy Share Image
“Generally, crises were Mom's domain. Dad's job was to listen, nod, act curmudgeonly, and offer to pay for things.” — Lisa Wingate Crises Copy Share Image
“Well, you know how a river moves a mountain.” The words surprised me at first, but I knew where they were coming… — Lisa Wingate River Copy Share Image
“Nothing takes you from thirty years old to thirteen faster than your mother’s voice rebounding up the stairs like a tennis ball… — Lisa Wingate Mother Copy Share Image
“The trouble with drowning in the mess of your own life is that you're not in any shape to save anyone else.… — Lisa Wingate Drowning Copy Share Image
“We are His children, each knit together as we should be. We must go by the name our Father has given us.… — Lisa Wingate Beloved Copy Share Image
“One of the best things a father can do for his daughter is let her know that she has met his expectations.” — Lisa Wingate Children Copy Share Image
“Oh, child. The best thing is to know. I always tell ’em, best to be who you is. What you is deep… — Lisa Wingate Best thing Copy Share Image
“you don’t have any choice but to quit fighting the sails and let the wind move the boat—drift on faith for a… — Lisa Wingate Choice Copy Share Image
“A bad past is like gristle. You can chew on it forever and starve yourself to death, or you can spit it… — Lisa Wingate Chew Copy Share Image
“The secret to a happy life is not in getting what you want. It is in learning to want what you get.” — Lisa Wingate Happiness Copy Share Image
“We do not choose the vessel we’re given, Iola Anne, but we choose what we pour out and what we keep inside,”… — Lisa Wingate Given Iola Copy Share Image
