Toni Sorenson Quotes

A great life begins with a great thought.

~ Toni Sorenson

A true Christian does not judge whether a person is worthy of help, but only judges a need and how to best meet that need.

~ Toni Sorenson

Picture for a moment the scene of a son carrying wood up a hill. He is about to make the greatest sacrifice he can make. Is it Abraham’s Isaac? Or Heavenly Father’s Jehovah? It is both. It is you. YOU are also God’s child. If He required so much from them, why should He require less from us? He doesn’t. He doesn’t want a portion. He requires our all.

~ Toni Sorenson

Some of life’s best lessons are learned through our worst mistakes.

~ Toni Sorenson

The spirit of Christmas is found when we lift the load of others.

~ Toni Sorenson

Want to create the best Christmas ever? Forgive someone who doesn’t deserve your forgiveness. Hug a stranger. Pass on something that you want to keep for yourself. Spend time with the ones you love. Spend time on your knees. Decorate your life with light and laughter. Love yourself while you’re loving others. Christmas is about Christ and Christ is all about your joy and happiness.

~ Toni Sorenson

If you want to feel the truest spirit of Christmas, go out and find someone sadder than you, lonelier than you, poorer than you … and give what you can in a smile, in time, in compassion. The best Christmases always require the gift of self.

~ Toni Sorenson

Christmas is about Christ. When we forget that, we lose the true magic of Christmas.

~ Toni Sorenson

The reason for the season is Christ. Let’s not forget that.

~ Toni Sorenson

When you’re planning the perfect Christmas … the gifts, the lights, the decorations, the paries, the cards, don’t forget the most important item on the list—Christ.

~ Toni Sorenson

Ingredients for a terrific Christmas: Christ. Love for one another. Forgiveness. Generosity. Time. Music. Children’s laughter. Reminising with loved ones. Remembering those who are alone. The making of new memories.

~ Toni Sorenson

Christmas has a dark side. It’s painful for those of us who lost loved ones during the holidays. What puts it back into sparkling perspective is knowing that Christ was born so that we might all be reunited again. That’s the real sparkle in Christmas.

~ Toni Sorenson

Have you ever come out of a dramatic, chaotic situation and said, “I did everything I could, and it wasn’t enough?”That’s because “everything we can” isn’t enough. It’s only enough when our everything joins with Christ’s everything.

~ Toni Sorenson

No matter our sins or our sufferings, we are not isolated or abandoned. Christ is there for us, in good times and bad, and if we know how to follow Him, how to walk in His footsteps, then the road home doesn’t seem quite so treacherous or impossible to scale.

~ Toni Sorenson

We labor under the great delusion that we are in control. Silly humans.

~ Toni Sorenson

Here’s a simple test to check and see if you have surrendered or if you are still struggling with control. When you are miserable, stressed, doubtful, and fearful, you are in control. When you are happy, peaceful, confident, and faithful, God is in control.

~ Toni Sorenson

Sleep on it until your thoughts are rational and your tongue is capable of speaking only kindness and truth.

~ Toni Sorenson

And the day inevitably comes when the scrapbook of summer, smeared with ice cream slurps and sweat stains, gives way to that new clean white notebook, spine unbroken, begging to be smudged with the enthusiasm of a number two pencil and a mind open to the possibilities.

~ Toni Sorenson

Want to forget that you’re growing older? Walk across green grass with bare feet.

~ Toni Sorenson

The only way you’re going to be defeated is if you allow your brain to shut down your body. If you stop making progress, you’re damned.

~ Toni Sorenson

Don't try to wring out all the answers before you move forward. Faith doesn't work that way. Step into the darkness and the light will appear to guide your next step. It's that first step into the unknown that stops us from progressing.

~ Toni Sorenson

So what if you're scared spitless? So what if you're intimidated, insecure or inundated with doubt? If it's the thing that will advance you, do it anyway. Forward movement always begins with an inward decision.

~ Toni Sorenson

I know personally that when a child is abused the trajectory of that child's life is changed forever. That doesn't mean the path to happiness is impossible, but it does mean there will be detours and side roads that were never intended. Come back from those places, my friends, with lessons and compassion those on the straight road might never have the chance to learn. You are now equipped to help hurting children because you've navigated down those dark courses and made it back. Cudos to you, but also let your shoulders feel the weight of the responsibility to help others who are still lost and struggling to find their way to safety.

~ Toni Sorenson

In some cases abusive or damaged relationships cannot and should not be saved.

~ Toni Sorenson

Knowing ourselves is knowing our worth in the eyes of God. That’s why the number one thought we cannot fail to think and believe is that He loves us. Always. No matter what.

~ Toni Sorenson

You are worth the investment so spend the time, money and resources on you. You matter. When you're strong, healthy and happy, those you love most will also benefit.

~ Toni Sorenson

We are deluded when we think that we do not have a direct line to heaven, that heaven doesn’t stand ready to help us. Oh! If only you knew the angels that walk beside you, that support and protect you on the journey you’ve chosen to walk.

~ Toni Sorenson

600Christmas is about giving from the heart more than giving from the store.

~ Toni Sorenson

Don’t spoil Christmas Day by anticipating how it will be. Let is unfold as it does, and be grateful for whatever comes.

~ Toni Sorenson

Hot cocoa and cold toes remind me of Christmas.

~ Toni Sorenson

Christmas is a blanket that warms our cold hearts.

~ Toni Sorenson

Christmas is not a date on a calendar. It’s more than a state of mind. It’s a condition of the heart.

~ Toni Sorenson

The month of December isn’t magical because it sparkles. It’s magical because it changes people’s hearts … at least momentarily.

~ Toni Sorenson

People think the only time the earth is renewed is in spring. I find it’s renewed around Christmastime when hard, old hearts are softened. When children’s laughter drowns out anguish. When magic transforms the dull into something beautiful and sparkly. I find that Christmas time changes me … from the inside out, and even for a moment fills me with youth and hope again.

~ Toni Sorenson

You don’t remember the gifts you are given, you remember the giver and how their love made you feel.

~ Toni Sorenson

If you hate what you get for Christmas, try to focus on the person who gave the gift to you, not what came in the box.

~ Toni Sorenson

Christmas is about change. It’s a time we open our hearts before we open our presents.

~ Toni Sorenson

Sometimes letting go is the hardest thing imaginable, yet holding on is even harder.

~ Toni Sorenson

Do we? Our problem is whatever wedges between us and God.

~ Toni Sorenson

Weight loss doesn't begin in the gym with a dumb bell, it starts in your head with a decision.

~ Toni Sorenson