Terry Tempest Williams Quotes

The writer has two kinds of faith: actual writing and sitting openly. Have faith in your personal effort or sweat. And faith in God, or whatever you want to call it. Then the voices will come. Faith is the big deal.

The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

The living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free!

We are like the birds. We adapt. We sing.

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I've heard it in the chilliest land And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.

In every message she spoke of birds, of flight, of the world away. Even back then, she flew against what was presented to her. I wanted to cling to her wings and soar, no matter how intimidated I was.

Faith is the assurance that the best and holiest dream is true after all.

If a poet writes to save his soul, he may save the soul of others.

Those you love will not drown or burn. They will fly away.' ...'Now we both have people we love who are like birds. They have flown far from anything in this world that can hurt them. They're flying away still.

As hope kindles hope, millions more will find it. By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well - a fire in the minds of men. It warms those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress, and one day this untamed fire of freedom will reach the darkest corners of our world.

I think one of the things the church service means is hope.

There is no creation without faith and hope. There is no faith and hope that does not express itself in creation.

I wouldn't steal anything because stealing is wrong. If I had to, I'd steal a caged bird and set it free.

From my mother I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true.

Hope and faith are two intimate brothers; they always go together. Hope nourishes faith and faith treasures hope.

When the soul is just liberated from the wretched giant's bed of dogmas on which it has been racked and stretched ever since it began to think, there is a feeling of exultation and strong hope.

A little faith can do wonders.

Music and love are the wings of the soul.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice.

Hope is the mother of faith.

There are lives to brighten. There are hearts to touch. There are souls to save.

I'm not a dreamer... but I believe in miracles. I have to

Hope is never ill when faith is well.

Faith reminds us that change is always possible.

We're flying free like birds in the sky, because we're ALIVE.