Ah, but I do understand your desire to be loved unconditionally. So these are for you...
1. Beautiful things don't ask for attention. {The Secret Life of Walter Mitty}
2. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.{Romans 8:1, emphasis mine}
3. I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect - they are much more interesting. {Marc Jacobs}
4. Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else. {Judy Garland}
5. Why fit in when you were born to stand out! {Dr. Seuss}
6. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. {Psalm 139:14}
7. There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. {C.S. Lewis}
8. To say that I am in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love. Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name. {Thomas Merton}
9. Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering. {Nicole Krauss}
10. It just takes one person, believing in you. It just takes one person, loving on you. That's all it takes to change the world. {Emily Wierenga}
11. I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable, beautiful, and afraid of nothing as though I
12. We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. {Thornton Wilder}
13. God didn't give us our gifts to paint over them with someone else's. The unique tendencies in you and me are meant to shine in a hue all their own, and in so doing, bring a little more clarity to the full-color beauty of the God we reveal to the world. {Laurie Wallin}
14. We cannot let the haters of this world define us. Or frighten us into no longer being ourselves. {Mary DeMuth}
15. Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. {Oscar Wilde}
16. If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be. {Maya Angelou}
I hope you've found some inspiration within these quotes. I'd love to know which one touched you the most. Please join the conversation and leave a comment below. And thanks for joining us today!
Holy crap! I'm here reading and saving and sharing these asking the list and then... I'm there?? Feeling totally loved by that! And love this one too: "I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable, beautiful, and afraid of nothing as though I
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:) I love you, dear friend! Of course you'd be included in my quotes. You wrote some really great, quotable things!
DeleteIf you're reading this and are wondering who Laurie Wallin is, you should check out her book "Why Your Weirdness is Wonderful." It's really freeing!
~ Alycia
I so needed these today!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad the quotes ministered to you today, Sherry! Thanks for stopping by!
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