There are times when you hear or read something that expresses your exact sentiment or feeling. Other times, it’s something you needed in that exact moment. Words in the right order and at the right time can be that extra little push to keep you going. Here are quotes that have touched me and I hope you find some that resonates with you.

Being Loved: the feeling that another person properly recognizes and amply sympathizes with one’s buried distress. – Alain De Botton

 

“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” – Frederick Buechner

 

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. – Soren Kierkegaard

 

Love is an act of will — namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love. – M. Scott. Peck

 

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing. – Herman Melville

 

You can disagree with another person’s opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can’t disagree with their experience. – Krista Tippett

 

Your actions reveal not what you want, but what you choose. – Shane Parrish

 

The art of listening is not to hear what someone says but to hear how they feel. – Bob Chapman