Top 280 Karen Kingsbury Quotes (2023 Update)

1. “Perfect love drives out fear.”

— Karen Kingsbury

2. “Some days are just harder than others.”

— Karen Kingsbury

3. “Life is too short for half-hearted connections and meaningless run-throughs.”

— Karen Kingsbury

4. “My grace is sufficient for you, my daughter. I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

— Karen Kingsbury

5. “Friends don’t get jealous of each other or begrudge the other for finding success. They celebrate every victory together.”

— Karen Kingsbury

6. “You don’t have love without sacrifice; you can’t have sacrifice without love.”

— Karen Kingsbury

7. “John 16:33 told the truth about life on earth: “ ‘In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

— Karen Kingsbury

8. “Don’t worry about tomorrow – tomorrow would worry about itself.”

— Karen Kingsbury

9. “For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord. ‘Plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

— Karen Kingsbury

10. “God, please now my future see, make it clear where I should be. Open windows, close the doors, not my will, my God, but Yours.”

— Karen Kingsbury

11. “The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.”

— Karen Kingsbury

12. “God grows fragrant flowers of hope in the ashes of loss.”

— Karen Kingsbury

13. “Love well, laugh often and live well for Christ.”

— Karen Kingsbury

14. “Her eyes held an endless kind of love for him.”

— Karen Kingsbury

15. “Three years? That’s a thousand tomorrows, ma’am.”

— Karen Kingsbury

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16. “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?”

— Karen Kingsbury

17. “Love happens when people forgive.”

— Karen Kingsbury

18. “The next time that boy pursues you, he better do it like a dying man looking for water in a desert. When it’s the right guy, you’ll know, because he’ll cherish you.”

— Karen Kingsbury

19. “Forgiveness makes you feel better. As soon as you forgive, you’re free.”

— Karen Kingsbury

20. “Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.”

— Karen Kingsbury

21. “Love is not possible without sacrifice, and sacrifice is not possible without love.”

— Karen Kingsbury

22. “It’s not how we fall that defines us as Christians. It’s how we get up again.”

— Karen Kingsbury

23. “No God, no peace. Know God, know peace.”

— Karen Kingsbury

24. “God knows better than we do. He always does. Even when it doesn’t make sense.”

— Karen Kingsbury

25. “I’d wish you good luck, but I don’t believe in it.”

— Karen Kingsbury

26. “The eagle had two natural enemies: storms and serpents. He embraced the storm, waiting on the rock for the right thermal current and then using that to carry him higher. While other birds were taking cover, the eagle was soaring. An eagle would never fight against the storms of life.”

— Karen Kingsbury

27. “I told you... I’ve changed. God changed me.”

— Karen Kingsbury

28. “The way to stay connected to God was through His Word.”

— Karen Kingsbury

29. “The truth was this: Love is a decision.”

— Karen Kingsbury

30. “But our purpose is to serve and love others and to shine brightly for God. No matter what.” The.”

— Karen Kingsbury

31. “If I’ve learned anything from God, it’s that God still works miracles.”

— Karen Kingsbury

32. “Anger does not bring about the righteousness God desires.”

— Karen Kingsbury

33. “Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it!”

— Karen Kingsbury

34. “They both began to giggle and then they fell into a side splitting round of laughter, the cleansing, complete sort of laughter only a mother and daughter can share.”

— Karen Kingsbury

35. “God had heard her cry and He’s reached down from heaven and given them a miracle.”

— Karen Kingsbury

36. “My parents used to say faith wasn’t something you could pretend about. It wasn’t real unless it looked like faith and acted like faith.”

— Karen Kingsbury

37. “My characters are not plastic.”

— Karen Kingsbury

38. “When it came to their relationship, transparency was crucial.”

— Karen Kingsbury

39. “Sometimes, life is so hard you can only do the next thing. Whatever that is, just do the next thing. God will meet you there.”

— Karen Kingsbury

40. “Sometimes memories are all we have that keeps us going.”

— Karen Kingsbury

41. “Christmas is a time to mark our progress through this earthly journey. Because of Christmas, this we know: Christ was born for us. He is love, and the plans he has for us always surpass our own.”

— Karen Kingsbury

42. “Secular writers can tell a story about the physical, the emotional, and the intellectual parts of a character. But no matter how well they tell the story, they miss a facet that is innately part of all of us – the spiritual.”

— Karen Kingsbury

43. “A verse came to mind, one that has comforted Kari before. It was the shortest verse in the Bible: Jesus wept. If he cried over Jerusalem, if he cried over the death of Lazarus, surely he was crying now over the death of her dreams, the death of her marriage.”

— Karen Kingsbury

44. “You have to leave room for God’s grace. Perfect is God’s job.”

— Karen Kingsbury

45. “It’s never too late with truth. It stands outside time.”

— Karen Kingsbury

46. “I learned something a long time ago. I’d rather be single than be with the wrong guy.”

— Karen Kingsbury

47. “Real love never fails.”

— Karen Kingsbury

48. “The death of a friendship was usually slow and insidious, like the wearing away of a hillside after years of too much rain. A handful of misunderstandings, a season of miscommunication, the passing of time, and where once stood two women with a dozen years of memories and tears and conversation and laughter – where once stood two women closer than sisters – now stood two strangers.”

— Karen Kingsbury

49. “God stays awake all the time. In case we need to talk to Him about something.”

— Karen Kingsbury

50. “When leaves have to let go of the tree, they wear their best colors and they dance all the way to the ground.”

— Karen Kingsbury