Quotes about Trust
A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of this prayer, God finally got back to her: I'm not going to take anything away from you, you have to give it to Me.
— Anne Lamott
It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you.
— Anne Lamott
There should be a real sense of your imagination and your memories walking and woolgathering, tramping the hills, romping all over the place. Trust them. Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
— Anne Lamott
One of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people.
— Anne Lamott
But when someone enters that valley with you, that mud, it somehow saves you again.
— Anne Lamott
Grace is having a commitment to- or acceptance of- being ineffective and foolish.
— Anne Lamott
I've gotten endless signs of the greatness of God's love and hilarious care, but I always end up needing a newer sign, maybe one that is cuter and more spangly.
— Anne Lamott
I do believe that God is with us even when we're at our craziest and that this goodness guides, provides, and protects.
— Anne Lamott
Usually if you pray from the heart, you get an answer—the phone rings or the mail comes, and light gets in through the cracks, so you can see the next right thing to do. That's all you need.
— Anne Lamott
This is all that restoration requires most of the time, that one person not give up.
— Anne Lamott
Prayer usually means praise, or surrender, acknowledging that you have run out of bullets.
— Anne Lamott
You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you. This is right up there with the best advice about writing, or life, I have ever heard. So
— Anne Lamott