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Fear isn’t only a guide to keep us safe it’s also a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life … the great stories go to those who don’t give in to fear.
Donald Miller
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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
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I tend to write first drafts that are incredibly cognitive, very rational, very boring. They come off as justification. Like, 'This is my idea and here's all the reasons that it's right.' It doesn't make for very compelling reading.
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Dying for something is easy because it is associated with glory. Living for something is the hard thing. Living for something extends beyond fashion, glory, or recognition. We live for what we believe.
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To be in a relationship with God is to be loved purely and furiously. And a person who thinks himself unlovable cannot be in a relationship with God because he can't accept who God is a Being that is love. We learn that we are lovable or unlovable from other people. That is why God tells us so many times to love each other.
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And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.
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People want to join a great story. If you want to lead, tell one with your life.
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I don't read a lot of inspirational books for life. But for writing, I think the two best books are The War of Art and William Zinsser's On Writing Well. I read a lot of classics.
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Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful.
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What I believe is not what I say I believe what I believe is what I do.
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If you don't feel free and be yourself, you can't connect. Find people who accept your quirks. They'll heal your soul.
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I often learn more about myself from listening to the life story of a friend than I do reflecting on my own story.
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Passion about nothing is like pouring gasoline in a car without wheels. It isn't going to lead anybody anywhere.
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...she wanted God to make sense. He doesn't. He will make no more sense to me than I will make sense to an ant.
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It confuses me that Christian living is not simpler. The gospel, the very good news, is simple.
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Without a positive male role model in your life it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society.
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The economy is turning around, so that's going to help a little bit.
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I think if you like somebody you have to tell them. It might be embarrassing to say it, but you will never regret stepping up. I know from personal experience, however, that you should not keep telling a girl that you like her after she tells you she isn't into it. You should not keep riding your bike by her house either.
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I want to start replacing my “fix” response with an “enjoy” response and just let people be themselves.
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It's possible to do both as a writer - to engage and have a family and all that good stuff - and I chose not to for the sake of the career.
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The reason I like writing a memoir is because it isn't preachy.
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People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.
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