Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. Isn't that a sin?" I asked Mom. Not exactly," Mom said. "God doesn't mind you bending the rules a little if you have a good reason. It's sort of like justifiable homicide. This is justifiable pilfering. Jeannette Walls More Quotes by Jeannette Walls More Quotes From Jeannette Walls You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that. Jeannette Walls worst-enemy hate acceptance Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out. Jeannette Walls horse motivational inspirational Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels. Jeannette Walls angel perfect steps One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by. Jeannette Walls each-day light summer My advice to anyone is to figure out what you're good at - what it is that you love doing the most in life - and figure out a way to make a living from it. Jeannette Walls figures advice way You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim Jeannette Walls parent swim children Things usually work out in the end." "What if they don't?" "That just means you haven't come to the end yet. Jeannette Walls what-if work-out mean I hadn’t been paying much attention to things like the sunrise, but that old sun had been coming up anyway. It didn’t really care how I felt, it was going to rise and set regardless of whether I noticed it, and if I was going to enjoy it, that was up to me. Jeannette Walls sunrise care attention Most important thing in life is learning how to fall. Jeannette Walls important life fall Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special treats for people like us who lived out in the wilderness. Rich city folks, he'd say, lived in fancy apartments, but their air was so polluted they couldn't even see the stars. We'd have to be out of our minds to want to trade places with any of them. Jeannette Walls stars cities air Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito Jeannette Walls making-a-difference differences thinking Sometimes something catastrophic can occur in a split second that changes a person's life forever; other times one minor incident can lead to another and then another and another, eventually setting off just as big a change in a body's life. Jeannette Walls splits body forever You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races. Jeannette Walls horse winning thinking [Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Jeannette Walls optimism optimistic self When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal. Jeannette Walls bleeding order firsts If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise. Jeannette Walls sunrise earth watches If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one. Jeannette Walls treated mother want When God closes a door, he opens a window, but it's up to you to find it. Jeannette Walls up-to-you doors window If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim Jeannette Walls figures swim want sometimes after I finished a particularly good book, I had the urge to get the library card, find out who else had read the book, and track them down to talk about it Jeannette Walls library track book
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