Barbara Kingsolver Quotes

Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.

We are merely instruments of the Almighty's will and therefore ignorant of what helps us forward and what acts as an impediment. We must thus rest satisfied with the knowledge only of the means and if these are pure, we can fearlessly leave the end to take care of itself.

Leave the rest to the gods.

What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.

Our fates are in the hands of An Almighty God, to whom I can with pleasure confide my own; he can save us, or destroy us; his Councils are fixed and cannot be disappointed, and all his designs will be Accomplished.

The great thing about marriage is that it creates trust, the most precious of things.

Sometimes I haven't understood why he has done things and why things happened, but I know that God has a plan.

I haven't looked at marriage in the conventional sense, as far as settling down. I look at it as putting faith in another person, which has always been hard for me to do.

Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place.

I'm a man of faith. I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.

And while it is true that I got the best woman in the world, I don't think love saves you.

I don't believe in curses. I believe in God.

I trust in God, and His ways are not our ways. So we have to go with that, and there's nothing I can do about that.

I trust my wife more than I trust myself.

I don't care if you're a man, if you're a player: If God sends you that one and your heart is in it, you'll work it out.

God is the one who chooses our rulers.

Do your duty and leave the rest to God.

Sometimes you want to whisper in God's ear, 'God, we know you are in charge, but why don't you make it slightly more obvious?'

God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid.

I still believe in love. I believe in marriage.

God is what keeps us together after the love is gone.

The future is out of my hands; it is in God's.

When I went through my divorce, I decided that I was going to pray this time for someone. Then, God sent me someone. I prayed for the specific qualities I wanted in a man, and I wasn't going to settle for anything less.

I always believe that it is destiny and divine intervention that are with me.

However God had it planned, I'm rockin' with how he do it. He took the steering wheel and I'm letting him drive.