Henri Nouwen Quotes

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.

Henri Nouwen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: January 24, 1932 - September 21, 1996

Topics

FriendshipFriendMomentGrief

Any long work in which poetry is persistent, be it epic or drama or narrative, is really a succession of separate poetic experiences governed into a related whole by an energy distinct from that which evoked them.

John Drinkwater

WorkPoetryEnergyLongDramaWhole

David knew everyone because he's such a social butterfly.

Stephen Stills

ButterflyEveryoneSocialBecauseHe

People of a certain age look back on the Mayberry of 'The Andy Griffith Show' and become almost as homesick for that simple fictional hamlet as they do for their own home towns.

Tom Shales

HomeAgeSimplePeopleLookBack

Confidence is contagious, but so is failure. Even the Yankees will lose if you persuade them that they will.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

FailureConfidenceYouLoseWill

The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was practically always injured at all the World Cups. It's a great memory. But in any case, the past is past.

Michel Patini

GreatPastMemoryWorldImportant

It's all about leading by example. Am I going to be perfect? Absolutely not.

Mo Williams

PerfectGoingExampleAbsolutelyAm

'Southland' is very real; it's not about who found the hair in the bed. There are procedural aspects to it, but it's not about that.

Christopher Chulack

HairBedRealFoundWhoVery

Ali reversed the decision in a second fight with Joe Frazier. That's what would happen if I played Billie Jean again.

Bobby Riggs

DecisionFightHappenWouldAgain

I grew up in St. Louis, and I just couldn't wait until I turned 18 because I wanted to move to New York.

Bryan Greenberg

New YorkWaitNewUpSt. LouisMove

I've got my head fixed on the next part of life. I know there will be an adjusting period of just not being a rugby player for a while, and over that period I'll get my head around what the next challenge involves.

Brian O'Driscoll

LifeChallengeKnowWillOverHead

I love Glen Campbell. He never gets a mention.

Brian Setzer

LoveNeverHeMentionI LoveGets

The Palestinians should have understood by now that what they haven't gotten today they won't be given tomorrow.

Ariel Sharon

TodayTomorrowNowUnderstoodShould

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