Ann Voskamp Quotes

You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.

Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else.

I enjoy receiving love from my wife. I'm ecstatic when Kim loves me and expresses affection toward me. Something in me comes alive when she does that. But I've learned this freeing truth: I don't need that love, because in Jesus, I receive all the love I need.

It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end.

With Christ as the center of your life, you will never be disappointed.

The realization that my daily relationship with God is based on the infinite merit of Christ instead of on my own performance is a very freeing and joyous experience. But it is not meant to be a one-time experience; the truth needs to be reaffirmed daily.

I don't need money, or, better, it's not money that I need; it's not even power; I need only what is obtained by power and simply cannot be obtained without power: the solitary and calm awareness of strength! That is the fullest definition of freedom, which the world so struggles over!

There is nothing in this universe you need more desperately than Christ.

The goal should not be to make money or acquire things, but to achieve the consciousness through which the substance will flow forth when and as you need it.

Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

He who affirms that Christianity makes men miserable, is himself an utter stranger to it.

If you are a Christian, your search for approval should be over.

People who have let go of themselves are so pure that the world cannot harm them.

If I had a prayer, it would be this: "God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen."

All wanting comes from need, therefore from lack, therefore from suffering.

To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity.

Only a relationship with Christ can satisfy our hearts. Without Him we have nothing. With Him we have all things to enjoy.

Make peace with the knowledge that you can't have everything you want. Why? Because it's more important for us to get everything we need.

The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world.

The soul needs more space than the body.

It's when you're not looking for anything that something winds up coming along. It's about learning how to be just with yourself and that you don't need to be in a relationship. You don't need anyone to fulfill you.

There is no joy in the world like the joy of bringing one soul to Christ.

Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize that in our own being, we are enough.

I have a great need for Christ: I have a great Christ for my need.