Top 300 Karen Kingsbury Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Sometimes memories are all we have that keeps us going.”

— Karen Kingsbury

52. “Relationships take a lifetime to build. Pride destroys them in a moment.”

— Karen Kingsbury

53. “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

54. “Whenever you can’t sleep, it’s God’s way of telling you to pray. That there’s someone who needs your prayers.” Bailey nodded slowly. “I like that.” “So.”

— Karen Kingsbury

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

— Karen Kingsbury

56. “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

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

— Karen Kingsbury

58. “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

59. “Real love never fails.”

— Karen Kingsbury

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

— Karen Kingsbury

61. “If you and someone you love have a difference of opinion on something, maybe its beset to let it stay that way. Respect each other’s right to believe what you believe. Respect each other. Agree to disagree.”

— Karen Kingsbury

62. “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

63. “The more bad choices you make, the less bad your choices seem.”

— Karen Kingsbury

64. “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

65. “God’s not disappointed in you. He’s just not finished with you. That’s all.”

— Karen Kingsbury

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

— Karen Kingsbury

67. “God gives us strength beyond what we are capable of. He died on the cross to set us free from the sins that chain us. We won’t have to battle forever – because He’s already won the victory.”

— Karen Kingsbury

68. “People were never meant to be idols. We aren’t supposed to be worshipped. Only God deserves that kind of praise.”

— Karen Kingsbury

69. “This was how Christians had fallen under the umbrella of being judgmental and narrow-minded. The idea that one sin could be singled out as the worst, the area God disliked most.”

— Karen Kingsbury

70. “You can’t base your decisions on anyone’s opinion but yours and God’s.”

— Karen Kingsbury

71. “Be still and know that I am God.”

— Karen Kingsbury

72. “We must remember how to love, remember what’s important, and remember God’s truth as it applies to our relationships.”

— Karen Kingsbury

73. “You never touch just one heart. Because once someone is loved like that, they’ll go on to touch countless hearts. And with God the chain reaction never ends.”

— Karen Kingsbury

74. “Sometimes hope for the future is found in the ashes of yesterday.”

— Karen Kingsbury

75. “Dear God, You’ve opened this door and now it’s my time to walk through it.”

— Karen Kingsbury

76. “One day the dark clouds of this time would lift, because morning always came. No matter how long and dark the night.”

— Karen Kingsbury

77. “I’m probably the most loquacious author when it comes to my dedications. The reason is there is some symbolism there. I’ve been writing these books, bringing these stories to my readers who I love so much, and I have a greater love for my family.”

— Karen Kingsbury

78. “Tonight she needed more than a single Bible verse. She wanted to get lost in Scripture, to swim through the verses and chapters until she found the safe harbor she desperatly needed.”

— Karen Kingsbury

79. “Hey.” She gave him a sheepish smile. “How do you know me so well?” “I pay attention.” He touched the side of her face again. “Love does that.”

— Karen Kingsbury

80. “Life can be very complicated.”

— Karen Kingsbury

81. “Suddenly everything the Lord had laid on her heart made perfect sense. What had she felt before when she prayed about taking the part? That God would give her a sign, right? And now it was the same thing all over again. God wanted her to hear His voice, to know Him. And how better to know Him than by knowing what He wasn’t, where He wasn’t?”

— Karen Kingsbury

82. “Wherever people are praying, there’s always hope.”

— Karen Kingsbury

83. “I developed a deep sadness for celebrities, a pity that they often are caught in a plastic world that runs too hard and too fast, and that many times that world means destroyed relationships with everyone they know and love.”

— Karen Kingsbury

84. “Fame destroys the people who believe it.”

— Karen Kingsbury

85. “Miracles still happen today... A healed marriage. A healthy family. A job you love. Every one of us has been a witness to a whole host of miracles... let Him have a chance to work a miracle in your life once again.”

— Karen Kingsbury

86. “But their mother was the family’s heartbeat. Always she was at the center of their good and bad times, lending perspective or a kind word or a shoulder to cry on.”

— Karen Kingsbury

87. “I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life – and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.”

— Karen Kingsbury

88. “Silence is the fading heartbeat of relationships.”

— Karen Kingsbury

89. “Readers need to see themselves between the lines of the story.”

— Karen Kingsbury

90. “How faithful God had been over the years, how full of provision and beauty. And redemption.”

— Karen Kingsbury

91. “Her heart was talking now...”

— Karen Kingsbury

92. “And though the clapping came from the family and friends that filled the church, she was sure she heard a distant clapping, too. A clapping of all the angels in heaven and earth who knew that a moment like this could only come from one source. Their loving, faithful Almighty God.”

— Karen Kingsbury

93. “What does the Bible say about love? Perfect love?” “It casts out fear.”

— Karen Kingsbury

94. “Lasting peace is only found through a lifesaving relationship wit Jesus Christ... knowing Christ means that all the world might be falling apart just outside your front door, maybe just inside it – yet that inner peace, that inner knowing, remains unshaken.”

— Karen Kingsbury

95. “I want to be adored, appreciated. I want a guy who’ll fight for me.”

— Karen Kingsbury

96. “With the Lord, the journey was the destination. Every morning, every night, every step in between was a walk of faith. Otherwise there would be no need for a relationship with Jesus. The.”

— Karen Kingsbury

97. “God was in control. He wouldn’t take them through a season where He hadn’t gone first.”

— Karen Kingsbury

98. “Her mother had raised her to believe that lying was one of the worst things a person could do.”

— Karen Kingsbury

99. “Love never had enough time, but what time was left, he would savor. Every single second.”

— Karen Kingsbury

100. “Not all first loves were forever loves.”

— Karen Kingsbury