Joni Eareckson Tada Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Every time we go to sleep, it's a rehearsal of the day when our eyes will ultimately close and we wake up on the side of eternity.”

“Like all good citizens, the elderly and people with disabilities want to eradicate waste and fraud from government, but helping people with special needs meet their basic needs doesn't fit this description.”

“In the Christian faith, God really puts suffering front and center. He doesn't get squeamish about it.”

“Oh, my goodness, when you're a mother and you just give birth to a child with spina bifida and - or Down's Syndrome or cerebral palsy, there's a bit of a shock you're going to have to go through, a bit of an adjustment curve.”

“One problem I have with faith-healing is that it tends to be focused only on the physical aspect of healing. But Jesus always backed away when people came to him only to get their physical needs met. My goodness, he was ready to have you lop off your hand! His real interest was in healing the soul.”

“You better be very convinced, very sure, before you pull your plug or someone else's plug, that you know what's on the other side of the gravestone.”

“Well, painting is the one thing I do, that is just me. It's me and easels, and the pencils. And as long as I don't drool too much over the canvas, the colors come out pretty good. And it's a chance to express all that I've got inside, that I sometimes keep hidden. And I think that's why I paint big broad, wide open landscapes.”

“Life becomes inspiring, not in spite of the problems and the hard hits, but because of them.”

“Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.”

“I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor Society.”