Debbie Macomber Quotes

Be an encourager. Scatter sunshine. Who knows whose life you might touch with something as simple as a kind word.

If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.

It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle

The best way to get even is to forget.

Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.

Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

God gave the Angels wings and humans chocolate. Mrs. Miracle

Our world was created with a sense of order. For every loss, there is a gain. Sometimes we are so blinded by the loss that we don't see the gain, don't recognize the gift.

Some marriages are made in heaven, but they all have to be maintained on earth. Mrs Miracle

Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity.

Maybe money can't buy love - but it can get you practically everything else.

Your heart has to let your head know what it wants.

People are funny. They want the front of the bus, the middle of the road and the back of the church. —Mrs. Miracle

While it may not be a simple act, offering forgiveness not only has the power to heal relationships, it strengthens the well-being of those who give this life-changing gift.

Here's where the real power of generosity comes in. Often, the more we give, the more we receive.

I want to practice gratitude. I know that sounds hokey, but instead of concentrating on the negative, I want to look at the positive side of life.

Cultivating the habit of good deeds will not only affect those around us, it will improve our own emotional well being.

Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves.

We're each our own person, we live our own lives, make our own mistakes, learn from them and move forward.

She said interruptions were simply God's appointments.

we should lean into the pain, instead of running away from it.

But although she was with family and friends, she'd never felt more alone. She felt as if she'd lost a vital part of herself and she had - her heart.

We have to use the experience. We can become either bitter or better.

I believe that our world was created with a sense of order. For every loss, there's a gain. Sometimes we're so blinded by the loss that we don't see the gain, don't recognize the gift.

I might be 30 years old, but a girl never outgrows the need for her mother.

Parents love their children. We might not always approve of the things you do, we might not like your friends, and cringe at some of the choices you make, but that doesn't change our love.

I'd found love -- only to discover how fleeting it can be.

Don’t be a quitter. Try harder. Don’t be so picky. Be willing to start at the bottom. Prove yourself.

We all make mistakes. Big and small. But you don't have to let them define you forever.

Love takes something that's difficult and makes it feel so effortless.

Take charge of your life. Don’t be afraid to pursue your dreams. Work hard and don’t listen to anyone who says you can’t, because you can and you will.

I love the way knitting brings people together.

Little did the old man know how much God liked to talk to His children, how He longed to listen to them.

Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks up.

the grass wasn’t greener on the other side of the fence; it was greener where it was watered.

Humans, as attractive and awesomely created as they are, tend to believe that events occur in their lives randomly, with little or no meaning. They often overlook the obvious, that God is in control.

I generally read every night before I fall asleep: Brad does too. I find it comforting to lie beside my husband, each of us with a book in our hands. I see it as a period of calm and intimacy, and as the perfect metaphor-together, yet individual-for our marriage.

Love isn't really all that terrifying once you let go of your doubts.

Kindness is something that should always be passed on.

It was time to face those fears head-on and quit flirting with thoughts of failure.

I think sometimes we love so deeply, so profoundly, that anything else pales by comparison.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

we all lose a stitch now and then. Just like life, don´t you think?

With God’s help she could forge a path where there hadn’t been one before. With God’s help she would make a way where there was none.

Every human has the capacity to love,

Your favorite author? This was an important question. I'd dated men who had never read a book. Reading was a passion of mine and I couldn't imagine being involved with someone who didn't understand the importance of books and stories.

What upset her most was the cold-blooded way he'd dismissed her from his life. It seemed so easy for him, so...simple. She was gone for him, as if she meant nothing. That hurt, and it didn't stop hurting.

Christmas is a condition of the heart,” she continued, and as she spoke she planted a hand over her chest. “It’s being open and sincere, generous and kind to those with less, or showing our love to those we cherish.

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.

I’ve heard there are two kinds of people in the world. Those who wake up and say ‘Good Morning, God’ and those who say ‘Good God, Morning.

I wanted time for my heart to heal and for my head to wrap itself around these major life changes.

Don't make assumptions. Ask and let me explain. Don't decide what you think I feel.

We all make mistakes. The key is learning from those mistakes and not repeating them.

The challenge is to learn from those mistakes so we don’t repeat them.

But happiness is a condition of the mind, not of circumstances,

Why not? For your information I'm hoping it doesn't last more than a month or two myself.? His words stung as sharply as a slap across the face. "Maybe by that time you'll be miserable enough to be willing to marry me-

Love doesn’t die.

forgiveness isn’t a gift we give the offender. It’s something we do for ourselves.

Humans tend to build walls when they should be opening doors.

I was looking forward to my visit to the library. I’ve always been a big reader and thought I might eventually volunteer as a Friend of the Library.

Sometimes I think we’re afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves.

When your entire world is unraveling, you tend to crave order, and I found it in knitting. In fact, I’ve even read that knitting can lower stress more effectively than meditation.

Being kind is like looking at your own reflection in the calm waters of a lake. Then the act of kindness ripples those waters, like a stone tossed upon the surface.

fight for me. Prove to me that you’re worthy of all the faith I have in you.

When knitting for a loved one, put a kiss in every stitch! —Nicky Epstein, designer and author

Pride is important to a man, but it isn’t everything. When it comes to the right woman, a man needs to be willing to swallow his ego every now and then.

The white-and-green ferry gliding across the dark waters of Puget Sounds looked like a beacon steering toward Bremerton. The entire Seattle waterfront was lit up a festive holiday scene.

It was unnerving. She'd looked at him and had the uncontrollable urge to weep. Thus far she'd managed to control her emotions. Thank God. She didn't even want to imagine what he would think of her if she started weeping for absolutely no reason.

God created us to dream. When we fail to dream, we rob Him of the opportunity to do great things. Sometimes we shy away from dreaming big dreams. Maybe we don’t want to ask for too much. Maybe we somehow don’t feel worthy. But over and over again in the Bible, the Lord instructs us to envision what He can do. Our job is to dream.

I love to knit. There's a comfort to it that I can't entirely explain. The repetition of weaving the yarn around the needle and then forming a stitch creates a sense of purpose, of achievement, of progress. When your entire world is unraveling, you tend to crave order and I found it in knitting.

Remember the time Pamela stuffed a bead up her nose and we had to take her to the emergency room to get it out? That bead cost us a fortune.

The thing I've learned - and trust me, I'm no expert- is that forgiveness isn't a gift we give the offender. It's something we do for ourselves

You're so authentic. You are who you are and you aren't willing to apologize for it. I like that.

I’m referring to feelings! Women aren’t afraid to face their feelings. Men are so terrified of emotion they hold it inside until they’re totally bent out of shape.

Doing something for someone else made you feel better about yourself.

it takes a hell of a man to replace no man.

His heart wanted Mary. And then it wanted Merry.

Everyone made stupid mistakes, no matter what their age. The key was growing from the experience, becoming wiser and smarter.

Love based on shared experiences and friendship is what helps relationships last.

for every loss there is an equal or greater gain. Often humans have to search for it, though.

A woman who would make his dreams hers and allow him to be part of hers. One who was kind and gentle. Loving and tender. Sensible.

Forgiveness is hard, and most people tend to hold on to their hurts, to take some kind of perverse satisfaction in them.

Addie had always considered the holidays an extra-special time of year. Magic hung in the air, and people were gentler, kinder to one another. Differences were set aside, friendships deepened, and people in general were more charitable and happier.

The minute I set eyes on your mother, I felt this thing happen in my gut, like the flu bug hit me worse than any sickness I’ve ever had, worse than the bubonic plague.” His love analogy could use a little work…

You know if it’d been three wise women searching for the newborn babe, they would have asked for directions much sooner, found the stable, swept it out, and had a meal waiting by the time Mary and Joseph arrived.

As a kid I can remember my mother telling me that our lives are merely a reflection of what we see and do. If we are kind, others will treat us with kindness. If we love, we will be loved. If we care, we will be cared for.

I’d come to appreciate the sounds of silence. I’d grown accustomed to the stillness of Ponder, where one could hear the snow being blown off the tree limbs by the wind, the distant cry of a caribou, and the crackle of the Northern Lights.

My father used to say that someone who used foul language was someone who needed to study vocabulary because there were more civilized ways to get one’s point across.

We get so busy that it’s easy to let some things slide. We can either pick them up again, or let them stay lost.... I never thought about knitting like that, though.

They stood half a kitchen apart physically, half a universe emotionally.

Color is a feeling for me. I work by feeling! —Tina, Freia Handpaint Yarns,

Just being in his arms was like heaven; it felt like I was coming home.

Watching a complex stitch pattern grow as I knit silences the voice in my head that tells me to sweep the floor. I imagine dust bunnies are knitting themselves together under my chair.

When Addie had signed up for this course she’d been determined to do whatever it took to get through with a passing grade. She hadn’t expected to enjoy it or even learn from it. Yet the novel they were studying was filled with life lessons that seemed to apply directly to her.

Love means more to me than being sexually compatible. It means being an important part of your life as you’ll be in mine. It means encouraging you to be everything you’ve ever wanted to be, sharing in your triumphs and comforting you in your failures. It means giving you the courage to try again. That’s what love is all about.

You're a lovely woman...and a beautiful person besides. You deserve happiness. Isn't that what the Twenty Wishes are all about? Goin after the things you want in life. Places to see, people to meet, experiences to live. Don't hold back now. Go for it!

Cookies,"Emily explained. "There isn't a man alive who doesn't appreciate homemade cookies. There's something magical about them--really," she added when Suzannah cast her a doubtful glance."Cookies create an aura of domestic bliss--it sounds crazy, but it's true.A man can't resist a woman who bakes him cookies. They remind him of home and mother and a fire crackling in the fireplace.

Years ago I read that grief is the place where love and pain converge. For a long time they stood there and simply clung to each other. They didn't feel the need to kiss, and she believed that was because what they shared transcended the physical. This understanding-that they'd both lost what they'd treasured most-brought them together in a more profound way than mere attraction. But I don't know what my instinct's saying, she muttered. Yes, you do. Just relax, sit back and listen to your inner voice.

A Guide To Moving On: 1) Don't allow yourself to wallow in your pain. Reach out. Volunteer. Do something you love or something to help others. 2) Cultivate new friendships. 3) Let go in order to receive. 4) Love yourself. (Loving myself meant eating, sleeping, and exercising - taking care of myself emotionally and physically. It meant taking care of myself spiritually, too.)