Top 40 Mary Engelbreit Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Don’t look back – you’re not going that way.”

— Mary Engelbreit

2. “Heal the past, live the present, dream the future.”

— Mary Engelbreit

3. “If you don’t like something, change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.”

— Mary Engelbreit

4. “It’s just a bad day, not a bad life.”

— Mary Engelbreit

5. “Life’s too mysterious to take too serious.”

— Mary Engelbreit

6. “There’s no better friend than a sister...”

— Mary Engelbreit

7. “Bloom where you are planted!”

— Mary Engelbreit

8. “Time flies whether you are having fun or not.”

— Mary Engelbreit

9. “If you pray for rain, be prepared to deal with some mud.”

— Mary Engelbreit

10. “Don’t ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is the special occasion.”

— Mary Engelbreit

11. “So many people com einto our lives and then leave the way they came. But there are those precious few who touch our hearts so deeply we will never be the same.”

— Mary Engelbreit

12. “Walk towards the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you.”

— Mary Engelbreit

13. “Happiness must be grown in one’s own garden.”

— Mary Engelbreit

14. “The golden opportunity you are seeking is within yourself.”

— Mary Engelbreit

15. “Life is too short to dust every week.”

— Mary Engelbreit

16. “Open your heart – open it wide; someone is standing outside.”

— Mary Engelbreit

17. “The only thing I know for sure about the creative process is it always comes back. Magically. When there are no creative juices and nothing is coming to me – if I wait – it comes!”

— Mary Engelbreit

18. “I like to draw late at night when the house is quiet.”

— Mary Engelbreit

19. “Wherever you go, there you are!”

— Mary Engelbreit

20. “Learn from the rejection and turn it into an opportunity!”

— Mary Engelbreit

21. “I am extremely thankful for my family. I am very thankful for what God is allowing me to do artistically. What a dream come true for me! That I get the opportunity every single day to use my talent for His glory.”

— Mary Engelbreit

22. “The world would be a vastly better place if people saw their need for God and accepted Him as Savior and Lord. And then lived by His rule of Love being the most important thing. Can you imagine the world if everyone was motivated by love for others?”

— Mary Engelbreit

23. “A constant FRIEND is a thing rare and hard to find.”

— Mary Engelbreit

24. “Part of my passion for all things Christmas is seeing my holiday stuff again every December. I suppose I do have more than most folks, so the reunion each winter keeps me in the holiday spirit for a full year. And there are always a few pieces out in my house whatever the month.”

— Mary Engelbreit

25. “Not what you do but how you do it, is the test of your capacity.”

— Mary Engelbreit

26. “Bloom Where You’re Planted”. – Mary Engelbreit.”

— Mary Engelbreit

27. “Babies! What a wonderful way to start people!”

— Mary Engelbreit

28. “Things that influence me are my kids, their happiness, colorfulness, and vitality. My husband – he comes up with some great quotes and ideas. God – He is the Ultimate artist. And what I see around me – flowers, leaves, trees, birds, fruit, vegetables.”

— Mary Engelbreit

29. “Life is too short to be safe and sit still and do nothing. Unless of course that is what God has for you to do in a particular place in your life.”

— Mary Engelbreit

30. “Look to the beauty of this day, miracles are all around you.”

— Mary Engelbreit

31. “Everyday life inspires me, the situations that we all find ourselves in at one time or another.”

— Mary Engelbreit

32. “Life is too short to rush around and be too busy for your kids.”

— Mary Engelbreit

33. “Life is too short to waste time changing the sheets every week. Especially when you have small children who tend to wait until you change the sheets to then wet the sheets.”

— Mary Engelbreit

34. “Life is too short to not tell every one you know about Jesus. I need to practice this more.”

— Mary Engelbreit

35. “My mother always read to me as a child. I really believe that bonding time between a parent and child is so important and precious. I have lasting memories of those stories because the experience was special.”

— Mary Engelbreit

36. “Life is too short to leave your walls bare or colorless. Unless you like bare and colorless then it is fine.”

— Mary Engelbreit

37. “One loses many laughs by not laughing at oneself.”

— Mary Engelbreit

38. “Anything good that we do is because of God. Whenever we get our eyes off of Him we crash and burn.”

— Mary Engelbreit

39. “Friendship needs no reason!”

— Mary Engelbreit

40. “I have been trying to get the hang of not being proud but instead turning that into thankfulness. Really whatever we have to be proud about, it is something given to us by the Lord.”

— Mary Engelbreit

41. “I wish I would have kept the big picture in my mind at all times – what it most important? That my kids seek to please God and learn about their Creator.”

— Mary Engelbreit

42. “We should see dreaming as one of our responsibilitie s, rather than an alternative to one.”

— Mary Engelbreit

43. “Ah! How good it feels the hand of an old friend.”

— Mary Engelbreit

44. “Just being able to express myself and reach so many other people by doing so is really great!”

— Mary Engelbreit