Julia Cameron Quotes

To say a prayer doesn't take more than a minute, but you need the discipline to do it.

It is not a matter of faith, it is a matter of practice

Too much God and you overdose. God needs to be filtered.

You have to say no to something else, in order to make time to pray.

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

Prayer time must be kept up as duly as meal-time.

You can succeed only with God, never against him. You can succeed only with the whole, never against it.

Practise only as many times as you have breakfast.

For me, my goal is to be able to impact as many people as possible for something good, for something right; to be able to leave a legacy of something bigger than myself - not for winning games, not for scoring touchdowns, but that Jesus Christ has changed my life. You can love God, and you can love people. There's more to this world than money, fame, and power. You can have an impact, no matter who you are; no matter what platform. No matter how big or small of a role model, there's someone watching you. There's a life that you can change. There's a life that you can impact.

I let go of my need to control and allow the Universe to do her thing.

To pray well is the better half of study.

If I've learned anything about prayer, it's that desperation drives discipline.

The endless chatter of this journey had wearied me.

I'm pretty grounded in a lifestyle which disciplines me and gives me a sense of familiarity and comfort.

Holiness is the balance between my nature and the law of God as expressed in Jesus Christ.

I've found myself on some days leaving home at three in the morning. I'm outside the training ground at five but they don't open up until seven. I'm just sitting there, listening to the radio.

School children and students who love God should never say: "For my part I like mathematics"; "I like French"; "I like Greek." They should learn to like all these subjects, because all of them develop that faculty of attention which, directed toward God, is the very substance of prayer.

If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural. If we offend the principles of reason our religion will be absurd and ridiculous . . . There are two equally dangerous extremes: to exclude reason, to admit nothing but reason.

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.

It is dangerous to be so busy that you have no time to wait on God.

While I am on, I can discipline myself to that extent. When I am off, I can't discipline myself at all. On the other hand, when I am off, there are so many things I like doing, it doesn't really matter.

I will not waste my life! I will finish my course and finish it well. I will display the Gospel of the grace of God in all I do. I will run my race to the end.” - Paul

Who goes to bed, and doth not pray, Maketh two nights to every day!

The Spiritual Disciplines are things that we do. We must never lose sight of this fact. It is one thing to talk piously about 'the solitude of the heart,' but if that does not somehow work its way into our experience, then we have missed the point of the Disciplines. We are dealing with actions, not merely states of mind.

Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends with the headache.