Mark Batterson Quotes

Life flies by, and it's easy to get lost in the blur. In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your 20s, it's 'What do I want to do?' In your 30s, 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' I think the trick is living the questions. Not worrying so much about what's ahead but rather sitting in the grey area - being OK with where you are.

I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation.

For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.

The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.

In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you're traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There's just one can set you free.

Just be open, life is about a constant journey and I'm very spiritual, but I'm also in touch with what's going on around me and who I am, and you have to know yourself. So for me, that's what keeps me going is just being interactive.

I h a v e a l l t h a t I r e q u e s t e d and I do not want what I haven't got. I have learned this from my mother ; see how happy she has made me. I will take this road much further though I know not where it takes me.

Whether you’re checked in or checked out, you’re always on a spiritual journey.

You’ll be fine. You’re 25. Feeling [unsure] and lost is part of your path. Don’t avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it. take a breath. You’ll be okay. Even if you don’t feel okay all the time.

As I look back at the entire tapestry of my life, I can see from the perspective of the present moment that every aspect of my life was necessary and perfect. Each step eventually led to a higher place, even though these steps often felt like obstacles or painful experiences.

The nature of the spiritual life is that we are certain in our uncertainty.

Let mystery have its place in you ; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring.

Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life.

I hope I have found myself, my work, my happiness - under the light of the western skies.

The degree of panic activity in my life is equal to the degree of my lack of personal spiritual experience.

Seymour once said that all we do our whole lives is go from one little piece of Holy Ground to the next.

There is a wellspring of life within you where you can go for cleansing and transformation.

People who want to rise above a well-cooked meal and a well-tailored garment, are out of their spiritual minds.

The world is our school for spiritual discovery.

The traditional metaphor for a spiritual investigation is that of the voyage or the journey. From this image I must dissociate myself. I do not consider myself a voyager, I have preferred to stand still.

When emotional intelligence merges with spiritual intelligence, human nature is transformed.

Don't beat yourself up for not knowing the answers. You don't always have to know who you are. You don't have to have the big picture, or know where you're heading. Sometimes, it's enough just to know what you're going to do next.

Whomever it is you were born to be, whatever your soul was coded to accomplish, whatever lessons you were born to learn, now is the time to get serious and get going.

Inner peace doesn't come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are.

There is a story, always ahead of you. Barely existing. Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feed it. You discover the carapace that will contain and test your character. You will find in this way the path of your life.