Create Yours

Top 60 David Steindl-Rast Quotes (2025 Update)
Page 2 of 2

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “By looking up, by raising our eyes above our limited horizon, we are more likely to perceive the blessings hidden in affliction.”

51. “By looking up, by raising our eyes above our limited horizon, we are more likely to perceive the blessings hidden in affliction.”

— David Steindl-Rast

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “True gratefulness is courage to give thanks for a gift before unwrapping it.”

52. “True gratefulness is courage to give thanks for a gift before unwrapping it.”

— David Steindl-Rast

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door. Such pauses take a brief moment, yet they have the effect of decompressing time and centering you.”

53. “Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door. Such pauses take a brief moment, yet they have the effect of decompressing time and centering you.”

— David Steindl-Rast

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “There is no one harder to live with than an artist. Therefore an artist is a real gift because he or she raises the sanctity of everyone else in the community.”

54. “There is no one harder to live with than an artist. Therefore an artist is a real gift because he or she raises the sanctity of everyone else in the community.”

— David Steindl-Rast

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “Impatience makes us get ahead of ourselves, reaching out for something in the future and not really being content with where we are, here and now.”

55. “Impatience makes us get ahead of ourselves, reaching out for something in the future and not really being content with where we are, here and now.”

— David Steindl-Rast

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “Can you be grateful for everything? No. But in every moment.”

56. “Can you be grateful for everything? No. But in every moment.”

— David Steindl-Rast

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “The artist ought to know that a thousand painful deaths always lead into greater life.”

57. “The artist ought to know that a thousand painful deaths always lead into greater life.”

— David Steindl-Rast

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “There’s opportunity upon opportunity to be grateful; that’s what life is.”

58. “There’s opportunity upon opportunity to be grateful; that’s what life is.”

— David Steindl-Rast

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “The universe is gratis. It cannot be earned, nor need it be earned.”

59. “The universe is gratis. It cannot be earned, nor need it be earned.”

— David Steindl-Rast

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “Now think of a situation in which something becomes meaningful to you. What is there to grasp? What is there to keep under control? That is not the idea. You will find yourself using expressions in which you are perfectly passive or at least more passive. “Responsive” is really the word, but you are more passive than in a situation in which you are accomplishing a purpose. You will say, “This really did something to me.”

60. “Now think of a situation in which something becomes meaningful to you. What is there to grasp? What is there to keep under control? That is not the idea. You will find yourself using expressions in which you are perfectly passive or at least more passive. “Responsive” is really the word, but you are more passive than in a situation in which you are accomplishing a purpose. You will say, “This really did something to me.”

— David Steindl-Rast

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “Is the relationship between God and Jesus Christ not unique? Of course it is. But so is yours. The relationship between God and every human being is unique and irreplaceable – in ever-new variations of the Christ theme.”

61. “Is the relationship between God and Jesus Christ not unique? Of course it is. But so is yours. The relationship between God and every human being is unique and irreplaceable – in ever-new variations of the Christ theme.”

— David Steindl-Rast

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “Truth is something we discover by carrying it out. It is not a list of statements, but a direction of life.”

62. “Truth is something we discover by carrying it out. It is not a list of statements, but a direction of life.”

— David Steindl-Rast

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “What is necessary when we want to face reality? Stillness.”

63. “What is necessary when we want to face reality? Stillness.”

— David Steindl-Rast

David Steindl-Rast Quote: “After all, how could I be a person if Ultimate Reality were impersonal?”

64. “After all, how could I be a person if Ultimate Reality were impersonal?”

— David Steindl-Rast

Happy Sunday Quotes

Happy Sunday Quotes

Happy Friday Quotes

Happy Friday Quotes

Happy Wednesday Quotes

Happy Wednesday Quotes

Happy Saturday Quotes

Happy Saturday Quotes

PREV 1 2 NEXT

Happy Sunday Quotes

Happy Sunday Quotes

Happy Friday Quotes

Happy Friday Quotes

Happy Wednesday Quotes

Happy Wednesday Quotes

Happy Saturday Quotes

Happy Saturday Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Motivational Quotes

INSPIRATIONAL SUCCESS MOTIVATIONAL

Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes

Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes

ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS INSPIRATIONAL

Positive Quotes

Positive Quotes

Albert Einstein Quotes

Albert Einstein Quotes

ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS INSPIRATIONAL

Steve Jobs Quotes

Steve Jobs Quotes

ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS APPLE

Save image...
Permalink
Open in new tab
Copy quote text

Beautiful Wallpapers and Images

We hope you enjoyed our collection of 60 David Steindl-Rast Quotes.

All the images on this page were created with QuoteFancy Studio.

Use QuoteFancy Studio to create high-quality images for your desktop backgrounds, blog posts, presentations, social media, videos, posters, and more.

Thank you!

Please check your email.