Anne Lamott Quotes

If you make your prayers an expression of gratitude and thanksgiving for the blessings you already have, instead of requests for things you do not have, you will obtain results much faster.

Just one step. Just one mile. Just one dollar. Just one kiss. Just one person. When we look at life through the lens of 'one,' everything becomes that much more attainable.

Dreams grow if you grow.

You can stay angry at someone who hurt you. Or you can get busy doing your visions and changing our world. But you don't get to do both.

We need to live day by day and to improve.

You don't have to change that much for it to make a great deal of difference. A few simple disciplines can have a major impact on how your life works out in the next 90 days, let alone in the next 12 months or the next 3 years.

One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things-in the way that if one sets out to pick up a 100-pound bag of rice, one would be advised to start with a five-pound bag, then 10 pounds, then 20 pounds, and so forth, until one builds up enough muscle to lift the 100-pound bag. It's the same way with courage. You do small courageous things that require some mental and spiritual exertion.

You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.

One of the lessons I learned in all those years practicing karate is that progress only comes in small incremental portions.

"...All events are blessings given to us to learn from and therefore we should be grateful for the opportunity to grow and evolve into our best selves."

You are here on earth for a divine purpose. It is not to be endlessly entertained or to be constantly in full pursuit of pleasure. You are here to be tried, to prove yourself so that you can receive the additional blessings God has for you. . . some blessings will be delivered in this life; others will come beyond the veil. The Lord is intent on your personal growth and development. That progress is accelerated when you willingly allow Him to lead you through every growth experience you encounter, whether initially it be to your individual liking or not.

Gratitude BRINGS MORE to be grateful about, so today I make the point of expressing gratitude for everything in my LIFE!

Today, I command my days by confessing that every minute will be blessed and perfect. My confession then has no other choice but to confer blessings upon my life.

Invite good things into your life. When you confess good things based on what God is saying, you'll begin to see more favor!

The correct prayer is never one of supplication but one of gratitude.

What are the things you are grateful for?? Feel the gratitude.. focus on what you have right now that you are grateful for.

I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.

A lot of people deal with things that are bad. Once you've been through something, you grow from it and you take a lot in. You can always turn it into something positive.

All things good come to those for whom the Good is all things.

I think in every lesson there's a blessing, and there's so many blessings from all the lessons I've had to go through in life.

For me, there's still a lot of room to grow; I'm just happy that I have so much more to give.

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.

Figure out what you're good at and start helping other people with it; give it away. Pay it forward. Karma sort of works because people are very consistent. On a long enough timescale, you will attract what you project.

Just try the effect of putting beauty into your life, a little every day. You will find it magical. It will broaden and light up your outlook upon the world as the acquisition of money or fame never can.

If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.