Quotes by Anna M. Aquino

“In your life, the people become like a patchwork quilt. Some leave with you a piece that is bigger than you wanted and others smaller than you thought you needed. Some are that annoying itchy squar...”

“I remember my father, who had served in Vietnam, once talking to me about how real courage is when you're scared out of your mind but you do what you have to do anyway. I didn't feel very courageou...”

“We lied to ourselves thinking in our minds we knew everything. We were deceived in believing that youthful enthusiasm could replace wizened maturity.”

“I feel as if I've gone past the lukewarm stage that Jesus talked about in the book of Revelations and am slowly dwindling on cold. Deep down I want to change, but I don't know how. I'm the pastor. ...”

“The couch and I were what I would describe as frenemies. I loved to hate it. It was too small for my frame. I had tried to tell my wife that fact when we bought it off of Craigslist, but she assure...”

“They weren't people that liked change. They were the kind of people that would have tied change to a chair with dental floss if they could in order to avoid it. They were the type of people who des...”

“I looked up at the wall. My bachelor's degree had been in History. Films like Back to the Future and Quantum Leap had been some of my favorite programs. Could time travel really be possible? This s...”

“I could smell death in the air and I knew it was mine. I could see the world spinning around me and I could sense the blows being thrust into my body. I blacked out.”

“As far as not seeing your fruit is concerned, you know many people have this idea that things need to happen when you think they should and if they don't you get this idea that God isn't in it. The...”

“Your passion dwindling out isn't Father's fault either. You can't blame that on Him. He has you in Merchant for a reason. You may not see it yet. But there is purpose. Father always has a purpose.”

“God has awesome plans for your life. So get excited!”

“Some battles take more than one ninja to win.”

“If you are a worrywart you can't be a ninja. You can't rise up and fight when the weight of the world is pressing you down. Your family needs you to be sane and not bogged down in fear.”

“Ninja faith stands. It is not shaken when things seem contrary to what one expects. Ninja faith chooses to believe the truth.”

“Ninja Mom's can't be all their called to be, if their so stressed out about how their going to pay their Mastercard bill”

“Ninja mom's understand that life is a balancing act, and in order to keep the balance they have to learn to enjoy the moment!”

“Ninja Mom's know that God has never left them!”

“To be a ninja Mom you have to be cool with yourself.”

“Ninja mom's understand that training time is never wasted time.”

“Ninja Mom's are graced to finish the raise set before them!”