Top 120 Jody Hedlund Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Remember, we show courage in many ways.”

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52. “You’re following the Lord wholeheartedly, yet you’re missing out on the forgiveness part. God’s not just in the business of saving us from our sins. He’s also in the business of forgiving those sins and putting them as far as the east is from the west.”

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53. “This man was... a man who could see past disappointment and lost dreams in order to still find hope and joy in living.”

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54. “But if I stopped hiding the real me – if I accepted and embraced everything about myself, including the mark on my skin – then I’d take the first step in showing others that they had nothing to fear from me.”

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55. “Each one of us is imperfect in some way. Perhaps God designs it so. Then none of us can claim to be like him, the only true perfect being.”

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56. “Some things are beyond our control. His brother’s words whispered through his head. You can’t be perfect. No one is. That’s why we need God.”

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57. “Moreover, Jesus showed love to the lowest, poorest, sickest people. As His followers, He calls us to do the same.”

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58. “Although part of me ached for more, I could do nothing less than go on loving her, even though she might never reciprocate the same way. I’d continue to accept her for who she was, and I’d have to be satisfied with what she was able to give me, even if it would never be enough.”

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59. “She might not be able to eradicate every prejudice around her, but she had to start somewhere to make a difference. And the best place for that was with herself.”

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60. “Where would the wrongdoing stop if everyone acted out whatever moral code felt right in the moment?”

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61. “How could he walk away from the opportunity to buy a herd of cattle and finally make something worthwhile of his life? And yet, how could he possibly marry a complete stranger?”

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62. “I held myself still, hardly daring to breathe. What was happening to me? Now that I was dressed as a woman, was I beginning to feel like one too? Perhaps I’d acted the part of a man for so long that I’d forgotten what it was like to even be a woman.”

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63. “God’s already let go of your past. He doesn’t remember it. He doesn’t count it against you. Now it’s time for you to let go too.”

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64. “We’re all born depraved, Mrs. Grew. We all have bad blood. Thus, we all have need of the cleansing blood of the Savior.”

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65. “This man. This time. This place. This was her destiny. This was exactly where she was meant to be. Forever.”

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66. “You will marry me foremost for love, will you not?”

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67. “Arabella fumbled in her pocket, retrieved the silver cross, and held it out to Pete’s dad. “You gave this to Pete, and he gave it to me. It has blessed us both and has taught us to seek after the One who can truly give strength and courage in our greatest hour of need. Now I return it to you. May God give you courage in the days to come.”

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68. “Courage can be displayed in many forms, my lord,′ I said gently. ‘Sometimes it’s evident in the knight charging forward with the lance on his steed. But perhaps it can also take the form of a head bowed before the enemy.”

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69. “The decision was too important to make lightly without more prayer.”

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70. “The idea of being trapped in the north for the winter had given Tessa pause for only a moment before she’d cast it aside. She was going on an adventure, she’d reminded herself. And adventures always had an element of danger in them. That’s what made them exciting.”

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71. “We can’t do anything on our own to be righteous. But that when we turn to Him, He’ll fill us with His goodness.”

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72. “But then, love wouldn’t mean as much if one could gain it without any cost whatsoever.”

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73. “Though her hair was damp and unkempt, face smudged and weary, her garments soggy and splattered with all manner of filth, for a reason he couldn’t explain, she had grown more beautiful and not less.”

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74. “Now I was coming to understand the truth of my father’s claim that God’s grace and presence shine the strongest in our humblest moments.”

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75. “If Bennet could accept me, then surely it was past time to fully accept myself for the way I was. I couldn’t change it. Couldn’t hide it. Couldn’t deny it. I was unique and beautiful in my own way. I had to learn to love myself unconditionally, just the way that Bennet had begun to love me.”

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76. “Maybe if God did a better job of protecting those he loved, then he wouldn’t need to try to be God.”

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77. “My sister always said if we’re stronger in body, that just means we’ve got more responsibility from the good Lord to take care of any who are weaker.”

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78. “There are times when we need to hold out faith and hope even when the circumstances seem impossible.”

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79. “I think the mission of the Society is a noble one and I’m glad of the small part I can play in giving children a wholesome life away from the vices of the city.”

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80. “Hardships are the Lord’s greatest blessings to the believer. Without them we would love the Lord only for what He does for us. Our troubles teach us to love Him for who He is.” Sister Norton in “The Preacher’s Bride.”

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81. “For it is often the hardest tasks that build the most character.”

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82. “Please know this, Miss Wilkins. I am most reservedly saving my affection for one woman only, the woman I plan to marry. When God brings that woman into my life, I pray I shall be found worthy of her love. That for having refrained from giving my love away to others. I might have an overflowing abundance to bestow upon her alone.”

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83. “They’re savages.” “They’re young boys, human beings – in need of your kindness and goodwill.” “And I am showing them kindness, in the kitchen.” Eli shook his head in frustration. Why were his supporters willing to throw their money at missions but not willing to truly love the people they were bent on saving?”

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84. “Rather than condemning some to be outcasts, let us recognize we are all unique and imperfect in some way. Let us find no shame in that and instead value each other for our differences.”

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85. “My father always said that our enemy, the devil, is doing his best to get us to look to everything and everyone else to save us from our pains and sorrows. The devil doesn’t want us to take those pains to the Lord, because he knows that when we cry out to God with our need, He’ll rescue us from the pit.”

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86. “She brightened the darkness of this place with her kindness and concern for everyone.”

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87. “Was that what God promised? Not to pluck him out of the fiery trials but to be there in the midst of them?”

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88. “Being kind was more important than looking pretty.”

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89. “In some ways, she sensed that God found some humor in taking her “I won’t ever’s” and turning them into “I will’s”.”

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90. “As our gazes connected, my heart squeezed painfully with the truth I’d tried to deny for so many years. I loved her. Definitively. Deeply. Desperately.”

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91. “God always gives us the exact amount of courage we need to face whatever task he puts before us.”

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92. “Come back to me.” The soft words floated in Marian’s consciousness. “I have loved you, Marian, as I have loved no other.”

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93. “If I have the power to save the king and the kingdom from the control of one as evil as Rasmus, then Father is right – perhaps God has guarded and saved me for such a time as this.”

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94. “He allowed himself a glance at her, and this time he worked extra hard not to show any surprise at how beautiful she was. Her big brown eyes were the kind that could suck a fellow in like quicksand and make him forget his next thought.”

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95. “I couldn’t make myself avert my gaze. She was an enchantress. And she was drawing me under her spell with each passing second.”

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96. “I’d once believed I could enamor her. But ’twas I, indeed, who was enamored.”

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97. “For so many years, he’d been blaming God for the difficulties, had even given up respecting God. But what if, all along, God had been using the fire and heat to make him stronger?”

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98. “You kissed me.” “And you kissed me back.” “You took me by surprise.” “Very well. Next time, I’ll warn you well in advance.”

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99. “You will be here when I return, and we shall find a way to be together.” Before she could figure out a right – and truthful – reply, he bent and fused his mouth with hers. The taste of him was full of both sunshine and rain, wind and earth, joy and bittersweetness.”

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100. “God uses trials and hardships to mature us in ways nothing else can.”

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