Anne Lamott Inspirational Quotes

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• I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Autism

  Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, Anchor
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  You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Life, God

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.22, Anchor

• Joy is the best makeup.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Beauty, Makeup

  Anne Lamott (2008). “Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith”, p.63, Penguin

• We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Inspiration, Born

• Hope begins in the dark.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Healing, Dark

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.23, Anchor

• A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn't protect itself and it doesn't hide. It stands out, like a baby's fontanel, where you can see the soul pulse through.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Baby, Heart

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.159, Anchor

• Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Motivational, Voice

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.28, Anchor

• Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Teenager, People

  Anne Lamott (2006). “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”, p.196, Penguin

• We're out there somewhere between the known and the unknown, trying to reel in both for a closer look.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Trying, Looks

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.104, Anchor

• There is ecstasy in paying attention. You can get into a kind of Wordsworthian openness to the world, where you see in everything the essence of holiness.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Essence, Holiness

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.100, Anchor

• Your unconscious can't work when you are breathing down its neck.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Breathing, Necks

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.182, Anchor

• It helps to resign as the controller of your fate. All that energy we expend to keep things running right is not what's keeping things running right. We're bugs struggling in the river, brightly visible to the trout below. With that fact in mind, people like me make up all these rules to give us the illusion that we are in charge. I need to say to myself, they're not needed, hon. Just take in the buggy pleasures. Be kind to the others, grab the fleck of riverweed, notice how beautifully your bug legs scull.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Running, Struggle

• Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Writing, Signals

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.117, Anchor

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