Pope John XXIII Quotes

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.

Pope John XXIII

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: November 25, 1881 - June 3, 1963

Topics

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I think first thing and the most important thing, for me, is that Boston becomes my musical home, my musical family.

Andris Nelsons

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The NCAA is acting like they can or are willing to self-police. It doesn't appear that they are willing to do it to the degree that they should.

Tony Cardenas

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I'm kind of glad the web is sort of totally anarchic. That's fine with me.

Roger Ebert

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The mutual fund industry and small investors are very relentless and very unforgiving if people don't perform.

Ron Chernow

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Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

Dennis Prager

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With a novel, no matter where I am in it, I'm fretting about it. Every time I write a book, it starts with great forward momentum. Then there seems to be a period where it slows down a bit, and other things intervene. Then I gain momentum.

Douglas Kennedy

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My family had a membership to the Riverside Yacht Club where my brother, Sandy, learned to sail, and I competed in local swim races. My sister, Marcia, became a competitive springboard diver, and my brother excelled in water polo.

Dorothy Hamill

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As a leader, you must consistently drive effective communication. Meetings must be deliberate and intentional - your organizational rhythm should value purpose over habit and effectiveness over efficiency.

Chris Fussell

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You're not free in life until you're free of wanting other people's approval.

Dawn Steel

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Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation. This is what I try to tell my students: this is one great thing that literature can do - it can make us identify with situations and people far away.

Chinua Achebe

GreatYourselfPeopleStoryYouTry

I hate the natural sound of the trumpet, but I think I'm naturally set up to be a trumpet player. I know that sounds weird. But pretty much anytime I play a note, I'm uncomfortable in a general sense.

Christian Scott

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I don't worry about running myself ragged. I worry about being bored.

Brantley Gilbert

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