Amy Grant Quotes - Page 2

If a politician isn't doing it to his wife , then he's doing it to his country.

I think a woman can have all of the ideas and mental pictures. She can be a real planner and a motivator. But in the end, I think a woman does best when she responds to a man.

People are going to come into your life that need you, and being there for them makes the day worth living. People are going to come into your life that you need, and that's the really crazy thing.

I'm going to live what I believe

I need music like I need water.

Life goes by really fast, and it seems that there are times when you're burying a lot of friends and family. And then there are times that feel really precious and everybody is doing okay. This is one of those times.

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.

Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home. There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning.

The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that has clarity and means something to somebody else, then it can apply to their story.

Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there.

You live in a dangerous place when you sacrifice integrity for security.

If I had my life to live over again, I'd run barefoot, relax a bit more, I'd talk more to children, and I'd learn how they laugh.

Heaven plants a special seed, and we must have faith.

I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.

Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No.

Depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the month it is, I'm a good friend or not a good friend. I'm more or less a good mom or not a good mom, more or less a good mate or not a good mate. That's just life, whether or not you're public.

Man hurts man, time and time again. As we drown in the wake of our power, somebody tell me why?

It takes a little time sometimes To get your feet back on the ground.

I know my own weaknesses as a human being, and as a musician, as a singer and as a woman.

The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.

I think that if my kids are completely convinced of God's unfailing love for them, whether they fail or not, they'll have confidence to persevere in life

In the past, when I'd recorded during a break in a tour, it was so easy to sing, because I felt strong. Also, like so many new mothers, I wasn't getting a lot of sleep, and sleeping is such a huge part of being able to sing.

I don't write songs that don't affect me on some level, because I figure if I am not moved by it, if its not something that I have a longing to celebrate or to be reminded of, if it doesn't affect me, then how can I possibly think it is going to affect somebody else. My touchstone is write something that matters.

The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music.

Real relationship is gritty and earthy, the stuff that life is made of.