Top 35 Robin Jones Gunn Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “If you feel far from God, guess who moved?”

— Robin Jones Gunn

2. “There are 365 “fear nots” in the Bible. One for every day of the year. Today I will fear not.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

3. “Bad friends could ruin your whole life. Be wise when it comes to choosing your friends. You set the standard. You be the one who stands strong. Don’t be a follower.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

4. “When in doubt chicken out.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

5. “Take it and be thankful.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

6. “Based on personal experience and not just on theory, Prayerwalk, offers readers practical insights on how to get up, get moving, and get praying. The results can be life changing.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

7. “We all need to have dreams. The question is, does the dream control you or do you control the dream?”

— Robin Jones Gunn

8. “If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that God is a very creative author, and He writes a different story for every person. No two lives or stories alike.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

9. “I look back now and realize that the gift of a true friend is that she sees you not the way you see yourself or the way others see you. A true friend sees you for who you are and who you can become.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

10. “When I was little, I used to think that the sky at night was a big, black blanket that separated heaven from earth, and the stars were a whole bunch of little pin holes that the angels poked in the blanket so they could look down on us.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

11. “It seems that when dreams come true they never turn out the same way you dreamed them. They twist and turn and disappoint, leaving you wanting so much more. I don’t know which to blame: the dream itself or the reality that dissolves the dream.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

12. “It was the kind of crying that comes from the pit of the stomach and brings a headache with it. The kind that makes a person snort and gasp, and no matter how idiotic you feel or how hard you try, you can’t stop.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

13. “Lord Jesus,′ Christy whispered, ‘I want You to hold the key. I want You to decide what should happen in my heart’s garden. I want You to let in or send out anything or anybody You want. Especially with guys. I don’t want to ever unlock that gate again. I want you to open it only when the right man comes along. Take the key, Lord. Take all my keys. I’ll wait for you.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

14. “Your ability to choose became your superpower.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

15. “Sometimes the best answers to prayer are the ones God doesn’t answer.”

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16. “Sounds a little like my quote for the week. Do you want to hear it? This is by Augustine: O soul, He only who created thee can satisfy thee. If thou ask for anything else, it is thy misfortune, for He alone made thee in His image can satisfy thee. That’s rich, isn’t it?”

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17. “I think it’s possible to realize you love someone as deeply as you know how to love and not end up spending the rest of your life with him.”

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18. “You are gifted and capable beyond your wildest imagination. You have not yet begun to explore all the ways you can make your life count for eternity. Strength and dignity are your clothing. It’s time for you to drop your bucket deep down into the well of possibilities that you’ve been ignoring all these years. Drop it all the way down and see what you pull up.” I.”

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19. “It’s funny whom we end up choosing to love and who ends up choosing to love us. It’s rarely the people we think it should be.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

20. “Learn to make peace with the mysteries of surrender, submission, endurance. The promise is based on God’s grace. The promise comes by faith. All of Abraham’s children will certainly receive the promise. And it is not only for those who are ruled by the law. Those who have the same faith that Abraham had are also included. He is the father of us all. – Romans 4:16 NIrV.”

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21. “You know what I think? I think that if a young woman doesn’t engage in the act of occasionally wishing on a star or a flower or a birthday cake full of candles, then we’re forfeiting one of the sweetest whimsies of our youth.”

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22. “When one heart opens to another heart, it usually results in love.”

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23. “Then Circled by the golden light of God’s Presence and His promise, Paul and Sierra walked side by side along the trail that lead tward the campus and on tward their Future.”

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24. “If God gave us everything we asked for, we’d be in chaos.”

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25. “In the pit of her stomach she realized that everything she raged against on Saturday night – the restrictions, rules, and guidelines – was born of an ancient fervor. Every rule ever established, from the beginning of time, invited mutiny.”

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26. “Do you think it’s possible to finally decide that you really, truly love someone but not end up marrying him?”

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27. “The key is for you to discover what you love to do, what you were created to do, and then do it for the people around you with love. That is the abundant life, dear girl, no matter where in the world you live.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

28. “For many years, Sierra had compared the Holy Spirit to the wind, as it said the the Bible, noting that it was always there, no matter how faint the breeze. The wind went where it wanted to go, and its path was easy to detect because it moved objects and people. But no one had ever seen the wind.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

29. “If Todd weren’t so absolutely adorable, Christy would have slugged him.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

30. “This was a rare treat: the wonderful sound of memory filled happiness.”

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31. “Did you read the part that says, ‘Your hair is like a flock of goats’? How romantic is that? Or that other line, ‘Your neck is like the tower of David.’ Oh, now, that sounds real attractive! If some guy tried those lines on me, I’m sure I’d fall instantly in love with him.”

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32. “Part of her had hoped he would say something like, “I want you, Katie. You belong to me now. I’ll take care of you.” He didn’t say that. But his answer was the best one, really. “You belong to Christ, Katie.”

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33. “That’s when she discovered that Todd had improvised on the menu she had made up.”

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34. “Speaking of dogs,” Katie retorted mischievously, “what’s happening with Rick?”

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35. “This is golden, Katie thought as they rumbled down the freeway eating fast-food tacos. I love being “us”.”

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36. “Todd drove into camp in one of the vehicles, saying he needed to take the can of gas out to Katie, who was stranded in Baby Hummer.”

— Robin Jones Gunn