Quotes about Openness

Because if you cling excessively to the past, you will miss the newness being enacted before your very eyes.

We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.

If we throw ourselves open to God, He will reveal. The trouble comes when we have closed areas, locked and barred places in our hearts, where we think, with pride, that we are right.

The Infinite Goodness has such wide arms that it takes whatever turns to it.

Disappointments, a jaded outlook on life—right through to willful sin and pride—are all devastating to our spiritual life. Let's let the warning of the hardhearted remind us to stay open to anything and everything God has to say to us. We do this by staying in His Word, by welcoming His presence as we worship Him, by serving others, and by simply taking the time to listen as He speaks.

Faith doesn't grow or deepen when we cower in secrecy. Faith strengthens as we go public.

I want nothing to be off-limits to God. He can have free access to all that I am, everywhere I go, all the time.

Artists cannot be trained. One does not become an artist by acquiring certain skills or techniques, though one can use any number of skills and techniques in artistic activity. The creative is found in anyone who is prepared for surprise. Such a person cannot go to school to be an artist, but can only go to school as an artist.

I always think that the franker you are with people, the more you're likely to deceive 'em; so unused is the modern world to the open hand and the guileless heart

There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited.

When it comes to creation, I am open. However, I am extremely picky when it comes to who I create with.

You don't want to pigeonhole yourself.