Philip Yancey Quotes

I wrote a book on grace, and grace is a free gift, but to receive the gift you have to have your hands open. And a lot of people don't have their hands open, there's something they're grasping because there's a lot of things to grasp in a prosperous country.

Philip Yancey

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PeopleGraceBookFreeGiftHands

Writing is rewriting; rewriting is writing - from the first crossed-out word in the first sentence to the last word inserted above a caret, that most helpful handwritten stroke.

John Casey

WritingFirstHelpfulAboveLast

It wasn't until I went to college that I met the theatre people and began to admire them because they were learning a trade that was guaranteed to make money!

John Davidson

LearningMoneyPeopleCollegeAdmire

Bitterness is cancer - it eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure.

Maya Angelou

BitternessCancerAnythingObject

I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.

Andy Roddick

LoveSportsSchoolBasketballHockey

I know it might sound weird, but empathy is one of the greatest creators of energy. It's counterintuitive because it's selfless.

Angela Ahrendts

EmpathyEnergySelflessWeirdKnow

I tend to read things that are a little more on the nourishing side. But if I don't enjoy something, I'll put it down.

Josh Radnor

EnjoyDownMoreLittleSideThings

And at the time, it is funny how you can look at something and say, for example with my shoulder injury, when it first happened I said this is the worst thing that could happen to me. Why me, why now? Now I look back and say it was probably the best thing that happened to me.

Drew Brees

FunnyTimeBestMeYouLook

I guess people assume I have some sort of totally magical life, but I'm a working musician, fortunately. I've worked on my craft, and I'm very fortunate I've been able to survive in a very competitive industry and enjoy my success. It's not easy.

Debbie Harry

LifeSuccessPeopleSurviveEnjoy

All I've done all my life is just tried to better the game for our players and for those people watching.

Bobby Hull

LifePeopleGameBetterMy Life

I sometimes think that so much of our life takes place inside our heads - in memory or imagination or interpretation or speculation - that if I really want to change my life, I might best begin by changing my mind.

Pico Iyer

LifeChangeBestImaginationMind

I love what I do, I love my job.

Pharrell Williams

LoveJobI Love

You know honestly I think there's a Dracula, a Wolf Man, and a Frankenstein's Monster in all of us. They are sides of our own character so that's why I think we can relate to them in terms of a 'I know how that feels' kind of thing.

Richard Roxburgh

CharacterManThinkWolfYouKnow

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