20 quotes found
“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...”
“If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled.”
“All was in God's plan, and he had to accept even as he didn't understand.”
“Southern hospitality and Amish cooking - Ya'll Come Back, Danki.”
“The Amish are islands of sanity in a whirlpool of change.”
“And this,' Ivan said to the children gathered around, 'is who we are, and this is what we do. Our family serves the Lord--no matter what comes--and when He answers our prayers, no matter how he ans...”
“Now, as a non-Amish person in the twentieth century who is not a part of the aging and thus noncoveted seventy-five-plus marketing demographic that views things like cell phones and iPads with that...”
“There is no pressure to perform, to succeed, because we already have. If your family and community accepts you, who else must you impress? Just yourself and God, ja?”
“Murphy's law inverted: What can go right, will go right. (Works if you're an optimist.)”
“Murphy's law inverted: What can go right, will go right.”
“Thank you for reminding me that the future is in God's hands.'" "'You're welcome. And remember, wherever you go, in body and mind, you simply need to call out to God and He is there”
“The society that embraced him continued to prosper by stressing the family unit and their close-knit community. Hers prospered by forcigng independence and self-sufficiency.”
“The knowing is easy. It's the doing that gives us trouble.”
“Say what's in your heart, Annie.''You're in my heart, Samuel.”
“It is easy to find religion; it is salvation most seek. After committing to a life of Christ, salvation is lost in those who stray and do not repent. Those who have not committed cannot stray.”
“Charlie Everman understood, in the very depth of his soul, that God's mercies were new each morning.”
“After driving 30-minutes East of Seattle, I expect to see a great bowling alley. But, as we pull into the parking lot, all I see are pot holes, a horse and Amish buggy, and no cars to speak of- bro...”
“He had never imagined that a man in love could be so lonely.”
“Fast car . . . You can drive anywhere in just a few minutes and time becomes just another thing we take advantage of never appreciating each moment that passes as a blessing from God.”
