Kevin Henkes famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Now smile a real smile for me so I know you`re not suffering inside.
-- Kevin Henkes

#Real #Suffering
My advice to would-be young authors is to read a lot, write a lot, and not worry about creating a finished product. Keeping a journal is not a bad idea either.
-- Kevin Henkes

#Writing #Ideas #Creating
When I'm looking for an idea, I'll do anything--clean the closet, mow the lawn, work in the garden.
-- Kevin Henkes

#Garden #Ideas #Closets
Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better
-- Kevin Henkes

#Today #Tomorrow #Difficult
(His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to breathe.
-- Kevin Henkes

#Morning #Hurt #Sadness
Didn't it make sense that after something horrible happens, something better should follow?
-- Kevin Henkes

#Should #Horrible #Something Better
Try drawing or painting a scene you're working on. Often this will help free up you imagination.
-- Kevin Henkes

#Drawing #Imagination #Trying
If we expose kids to books and art, nothing but good can come from it.
-- Kevin Henkes

#Art #Book #Kids
Sometimes all you can do is say, 'Wow.'
-- Kevin Henkes

#Wow #Sometimes #Can Do

The whole bible is the working out of the relationship between God and man. God is not a dictator barking out orders and demanding silent obedience. Were it so, there would be no relationship at all. No real relationship goes just one way. There are always two active parties. We must have reverence and awe for God, and honor for the chain of tradition. But that doesn't mean we can't use new information to help us read the holy texts in new ways.
A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.
I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.
Together, these advocates create a pro-Israeli case so compelling that the idea and reality of Israel has worked itself deep into American culture, politics and foreign policy. Many American Jews refuse to accept it, but the real debate between Israelâ€™s supporters and detractors in America is all but over.
A visual understanding of great composition and how to use a camera and expensive lenses can be learned, but drive and a real hunger for making photos and telling stories... I don't think that part can be learned. You either have that inside, or you don't.
We must never forget that Christ did not suffer just during His three years of public ministry or the last few days of His life when He was crucified. No, He suffered throughout His life on earth. He who was without sin lived daily with the corruption and sinfulness of lost humanity.
Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by--by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don't think God cares what doctrine we embrace.
I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody's going to take care of you. That you have to do the heavy lifting while you're here. And when you don't, well, you suffer the consequences.
To work and suffer is to be at home. All else is scenery ...

Kevin Henkes famous quotes

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