Quote

It is impossible for you to take power over the future because it isn't even real...

William P. Young

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

William P. Young
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 11
Author
Novelist
Writer
William Young
William Paul Young
Take
Real
Even
Impossible
Future
Power

More quotes by William P. Young

Image
Did I hear God call me an idiot?
William P. Young
Image
It is so easy to get sucked into the if-only game, and playing it is a short and slippery slide into despair.
William P. Young
Image
If anything matters, then everything matters.
William P. Young
Image
I'm an accidental writer.
William P. Young
Image
I think people are tired of religion and how it divides and damages people. You can name it whatever you want, Islam or Christianity, but if you have a system in which God is distant and angry all the time, and you're trying to please him through the right disciplines, it isn't going to work for everyone.
William P. Young
Image
Don't forget that in the midst of all your pain and heartache, you are surrounded by beauty, the wonder of creation, art, your music and culture, the sounds of laughter and love, of whispered hopes and celebrations, of new life and transformation, of reconciliation and forgiveness.
William P. Young
Image
mistakes are a part of life, and Papa works her purpose in them too.
William P. Young
Image
Jesus? he whispered as his voice choked I feel so lost A hand reached out and squeezed his, and didn't let go. I know Mack. But it's not true. I am with you and I'm not lost. I'm sorry it feels that way, but hear me clearly. You are not lost.
William P. Young
Image
I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration.
William P. Young
Image
Forgiveness does not create a relationship. Unless people speak the truth about what they have done and change their mind and behavior, a relationship of trust is not possible. When you forgive someone you certainly release them from judgment, but without true change, no real relationship can be established.
William P. Young
Image
Lies are a little fortress inside them you can feel safe & powerful.
William P. Young
Image
Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.
William P. Young
Image
We've created a theology in the West of a God who is fundamentally self-centered. The imagery of God as distant, unapproachable, unreachable -- that's not a God who is relational. It is a God that gets to declare or judge when he gets pissed off. But there is no basis for love and relationships if God is a fundamentally self-centered being.
William P. Young
Image
Women, in general, will find it difficult to turn from a man and stop demanding that he meets their needs, provides security, and protects their identity, and return to me. Men, in general, find it very hard to turn from the works of their hands, their own quests for power and security and significance, and turn to me.
William P. Young
Image
The enemy of a writer is not controversy but obscurity.
William P. Young
Image
You are the root, and only God knows that the flower will be.
William P. Young
Image
You are free to love without an agenda
William P. Young
Image
It is remarkable how a seemingly insignificant action or event can change entire lives.
William P. Young
Image
Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.
William P. Young
Image
Why would the God of the universe want to be submitted to me?' Because we want you to join us in our circle of relationship. I don't want slaves to my will I want brothers and sisters who will share life with me.
William P. Young