642 Quotes by Donald Miller

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    You are wired like you and I am wired like me. The more fully we live into ourselves, the more impact we will have. Acting may get us the applause we want, but taking a risk on being ourselves is the only path toward true intimacy. And true intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming.

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    I heard once that real love doesn’t ask what is in it for me; it just gives unconditionally. It just tries to take the weight out of somebody else’s pack, lessen his load, and if it gets reciprocated, that’s great, but that isn’t what you did it for.

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    I love writing books – I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most.

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    If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation.

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    I’m the kind of person who wants to present my most honest, authentic self to the world, so I hide backstage and rehearse honest and authentic lines until the curtain opens.

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    I think each of us can, through our writing, discover our super power.

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    We don’t need as much as we have. Hardly any of us need as much money as we have. It’s true what they say about the best things in life being free.

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    I love to give to charity, but I don’t want to be charity. This is why I have so much trouble with grace.

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    Almost without exception the most beautiful, selfless people I’ve met are ones who’ve experienced personal tragedy.

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