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• I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.

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  Writing, Age, Literature

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• Lots of people want to have written; they don't want to write. In other words, they want to see their name on the front cover of a book and their grinning picture on the back. But this is what comes at the end of a job, not at the beginning.

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  Jobs, Book, Writing

  Elizabeth George (2011). “Write Away: One Novelist's Approach To Fiction and the Writing Life: One Novelist's Approach To Fiction and the Writing Life”, p.245, Hachette UK

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• Model the qualities that you want your children to show to each other.

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  Children, Quality, Want

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• No matter what you do each day...or in life...doing things God's way is a matter of the heart.

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  Heart, Each Day, Matter

  Elizabeth George (2005). “A Mom After God's Own Heart: 10 Ways to Love Your Children”, p.11, Harvest House Publishers

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• One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him.

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  Focus, Christ, Advantage

  Elizabeth George (2009). “Breaking the Worry Habit...Forever!: God's Plan for Lasting Peace of Mind”, p.61, Harvest House Publishers

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• God is immutable—He never changes! His ministry to you is complete, on target, and constant!

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  Target, Ministry, Never Change

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• When God is in sharp focus, then life is also undistorted.

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  Focus, Life Is

  Elizabeth George (1998). “Loving God with All Your Mind”, Harvest House Pub

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• Work on what is real rather than worry about what is unreal.

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  Real, Worry, Unreal

  Elizabeth George (2005). “Loving God with All Your Mind”, p.9, Harvest House Publishers

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• What a blessing to be able to leave the cares of life for a brief period and spend time in the outstretched arms of your Shepherd, rubbing, as it were, your cheek against His face in intimate fellowship through prayer.

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  Peace, Prayer, Blessing

  Elizabeth George (2003). “Powerful Promises for Every Woman”, p.94, Harvest House Publishers

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• Little choices determine habit; Habit carves and molds character. Which makes the big decisions.

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  Character, Choices, Decision

  Elizabeth George (2011). “A Woman's High Calling: 10 Ways to Live Out God's Plan for Your Life”, p.171, Harvest House Publishers

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• I knew from the age of seven that I was meant to be a writer.

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  Age, Were Meant To Be, Seven

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• I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness.

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  Character, Dark, Men

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• I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and see how the novel takes shape based on what these people are like.

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  Character, People, Shapes

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• We are to make a plan for the day, pray over that plan, and then proceed with that plan. When we are willing to regard the unexpected as God's intervention, we can flex with the new plan, recognizing it as God's plan.

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  God's Plan, Unexpected, Praying

  Elizabeth George (1998). “Loving God with All Your Mind”, Harvest House Pub

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• I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate.

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  Writing, Thinking, Culture

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• One did not alter lives and simply walk away from the damage.

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  Damage, Walks

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• Your choices and decisions are a reflection of how well you’ve set and followed your priorities.

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  Reflection, Priorities, Decision

  Elizabeth George (2012). “A Woman's Daily Walk with God”, p.42, Harvest House Publishers

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• Just as stars shine brightest in the darkest night, your joy blazes brilliantly through life's problems when you count them as joy.

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  Stars, Night, Shining

  Elizabeth George (2007). “Finding God's Path Through Your Trials: His Help for Every Difficulty You Face”, p.20, Harvest House Publishers

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• I want God to be first in my life, so I'm putting Him first in my life today.

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  Want, Today, Firsts

  Elizabeth George (2006). “Small Changes for a Better Life: Daily Steps to Living God's Plan for You”, p.23, Harvest House Publishers

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• God begins molding a mother after His own heart on the inside-in the inner woman and her heart-and then works outward.

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  Mother, Heart, Work Out

  Elizabeth George (2005). “A Mom After God's Own Heart: 10 Ways to Love Your Children”, p.12, Harvest House Publishers

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• Do you want to be safe from the influence, ways, and lusts of the world and the flesh (I John 2:16)? From the sins which so easily entangles us (Hebrews 12:1)? Then delight in yourself in the Lord, in His provision, in His Word. Faithfully feed on the things that possess true substance and real meaning. When you remember that "all Scripture is given by inspiration by God and is profitable" (2 Timothy 3:16) and partake of such divine substance, then you are fed, you are led and you are safe!

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  Christian, Peace, Real

  Elizabeth George (2009). “Quiet Confidence for a Woman's Heart: The Power of God's Restoration and Healing”, p.26, Harvest House Publishers

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• Obedience is a foundational stepping-stone on the path of God’s will.

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  Stones, Path, Obedience

  Elizabeth George (2015). “A Woman After God's Own Heart®”, p.63, Harvest House Publishers

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• By prolonged and continued fellowship, the sheep who follow nearby enjoy the shepherd's presence and become his familiar companions. To those closest to him, he shares the choicest portions of the food he's gathered. These happy and content sheep are never in danger. Why? Because they are near the shepherd!

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  Christian, Inspiration, Sheep

  Elizabeth George (2009). “Quiet Confidence for a Woman's Heart: The Power of God's Restoration and Healing”, p.22, Harvest House Publishers

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• If your home is a ministry, shouldn't that ministry become a passion? Shouldn't your feelings and emotions be involved when it comes to the people and place you love? And shouldn't your work be done passionately? Your labors should be labors of love!

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  Passion, Home, People

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• It's one thing to have a goal, but it's quite another thing to actually accept the challenge, develop a strategy to press for the goal, make the sacrifices, pay the price to move forward, and blessing of blessing, to realize some part of it.

  Elizabeth George

  Moving, Sacrifice, Blessing

  Elizabeth George (2006). “A Woman After God's Own Heart®”, p.294, Harvest House Publishers

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