Quotes from Cindy Woodsmall

Only bad shepherds use entrances other than the door. Didn't your mother teach you anything?" "Yes, she did. That you're a troublemaker.

You're presence here has caused a fresh buzz amoung the young women. You need to find one who suits you before you're too old.

I don't think God puts us on this earth so we can be afraid of stepping into the unknown. Isn't tomorrow an unknown even if we all stay right here where tradition is kept and every piece of ground is familiar?

Real love—it's the best, most painful thing God ever did for us.

The only thing that mattered was the honor and joy of walking with God.

But it seems that in the end all that matters is finding a way to survive the grief and trusting in the goodness of life beyond the pain.

Love wasn't all that touched their lives on this planet, but it made everything else endurable.

Honey, anything can be hard - having a husband gone all the time, or underfoot all the time, or no husband, or … whatever. The answer is to build a life around those things.

We started talking and came to the conclusion that building a good, solid relationship is like forging metals. Life and emotions are the fire, but it's our vision of what we want to create and our willingness to pound with determination that give us a sturdy, useful end product.

It took work to keep the mind, the heart, and emotions clean and orderly.

Choose reality, Sarah. It's the only place where strength and faith can begin to work.

You need to forgive yourself. You need to believe what you did is not more powerful than what God can do from this point forward.