Ehman Quotes

#1. The truth is, words are never accidental.

Karen Ehman

#2. So if we have a mouth problem, in actuality what we really have is a mind and heart issue.

Karen Ehman

#3. Take the advice I sometimes have to give to myself: Don't say something permanently painful just because you are temporarily ticked off.

Karen Ehman

#4. Un-soft answers only worsen the mama drama in my house. And they don't win many points with my coworkers or neighbors either. When we give an un-soft answer, we drizzle a little gasoline on the tiniest spark of a potential spat. It may combust and flare, setting off a big old blaze. However,

Karen Ehman

#5. Listening is more than just being quiet for a moment. It's not just the pause we were talking about earlier. Listening includes paying attention to the whole person, and especially their emotions.

Karen Ehman

#6. I'm better than you think. I'm even better than I think I am.

Dave Eggers

#7. Bruises fade and bones heal, but a scorched heart may take years to mend.

Karen Ehman

#8. It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.

Socrates

#9. It's not who you are, who you are friends, and how popular they are, it's just about how much you get out of each friendship and how much you learn from each one that really counts.

Emily Blackwell

#10. People love a good mystery; I understand that.

Eric Kripke

#11. Truth has no beginning.

Mary Baker Eddy

#12. Trusting God means thinking and acting according to God's word in spite of circumstances, feelings, or consequences.

Warren W. Wiersbe

#13. When showering life-giving words on another human, don't just pick the people you know well. Notice the one who least expects to be noticed.

Karen Ehman

#14. We've been playing chess with this iPhone app. He hasn't made a move in so long our last game got forfeited. Ten days, or something like that."
"You two play chess on your phones?" Ty asked.
"Yeah." Zane shrugged.

Abigail Roux

#15. Listening requires attending to the other person's heart.

Karen Ehman

#16. Our words are powerful, and they have consequences.

Karen Ehman

#17. I need to learn to keep a quiet heart. To trust that if God has allowed an interruption in my day, it serves a purpose. To believe that the time to finish what work I thought needed to be done will be given. To accept that He is diverting me from my 'plan A' to His greater plan.

Karen Ehman