"Surrender goes against our very nature to be independent. Surrender indicates we willingly choose to rely on others. We must rewire our thinking to recognize that needing another person (and being the person someone else needs) is not a weakness; it only strengthens us."

-- Anne Marie Miller

#Independent Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Weakness Quotes

“Knee replacement is serious stuff. And it actually could have made me worse”
“I was trying to explain my situation to myself. My situation was that I was in pain and nobody knew it, even I had trouble knowing it. So I told myself, over and over, You are in pain. It was the only way I could get through to myself. I was demonstrating externally and irrefutably an inward condition.”

Source : Susanna Kaysen (2013). “Girl, Interrupted”, p.153, Vintage
“Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody.”
“Because it does feel important to say it really doesn't matter what shape you are.”
“Our conversion comes step by step, line upon line. We first build a foundation of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“Every worm has to turn and every mouse must bite the elephant”
“Without music, life would be a mistake... I would only believe in a God who knew how to dance.”
“If there's one big thing you can take from Amy Poehler as a performer, it's committing, full on.”

Source : "A Real Person Who Has Real Thoughts and Feelings". Interview with Stephanie Palumbo, logger.believermag.com. February 29, 2016.

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