Anne Lamott Quotes about Inspirational

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I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

Anne Lamott

Inspirational, Wisdom, Autism

Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, Anchor

Hope begins in the dark.

Anne Lamott

Inspirational, Healing, Dark

Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.23, Anchor

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

Anne Lamott

Inspirational, Life, God

Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.22, Anchor

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

Anne Lamott

Inspirational, Motivational, Voice

Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.28, Anchor

Joy is the best makeup.

Anne Lamott

Inspirational, Beauty, Makeup

Anne Lamott (2008). “Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith”, p.63, Penguin

It helps to resign as the controller of your fate. All that energy we expend to keep things running right is not what's keeping things running right. We're bugs struggling in the river, brightly visible to the trout below. With that fact in mind, people like me make up all these rules to give us the illusion that we are in charge. I need to say to myself, they're not needed, hon. Just take in the buggy pleasures. Be kind to the others, grab the fleck of riverweed, notice how beautifully your bug legs scull.

Anne Lamott

Inspirational, Running, Struggle

We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be.

Anne Lamott

Inspirational, Inspiration, Born

A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn't protect itself and it doesn't hide. It stands out, like a baby's fontanel, where you can see the soul pulse through.

Anne Lamott

Inspirational, Baby, Heart

Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.159, Anchor

Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.

Anne Lamott

Inspirational, Teenager, People

Anne Lamott (2006). “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”, p.196, Penguin

There is ecstasy in paying attention. You can get into a kind of Wordsworthian openness to the world, where you see in everything the essence of holiness.

Anne Lamott

Inspirational, Essence, Holiness

Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.100, Anchor