Henri Nouwen Quotes

Ministers are powerless people who have nothing to boast of except their weaknesses. But when the Lord whom they serve fills them with His blessing they will move mountains and change the hearts of people wherever they go.

Henri Nouwen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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The process of open adoption is not discussed in the way it should be. Everyone I know who has adopted domestically has at least one tragic story. It was important to me to be able to describe those situations.

Jennifer Gilmore

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Comrades, this man has a nice smile, but he's got iron teeth.

Andrei A. Gromyko

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We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself.

Luigi Pirandello

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Be a player; don't play yourself. And don't play basketball. That's not your sport, Jeb Bush.

DJ Khaled

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I have a ranch in Montana, but it's not a real working ranch. I've always liked the outdoors. I come from Texas. My grandfather was a farmer; that's as close as I come.

Dennis Quaid

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I decided at 40 I was wasting entire chunks of my brain and didn't want to blow my one chance on Earth. I'm glad I made that decision. Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space. Sometimes, as with film, you can hybridize, but I think it's basically the space part of my brain wanting equal footing with the time part.

Douglas Coupland

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I guess the idea of doing albums in their entirety, in sequence, appeals to people. I guess it's the memory of being able to hear the music in the way it was originally presented.

Chris Squire

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I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out.

Bob Uecker

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Israel's security policy is determined by our needs. I strongly reject all the unfounded publicity suggesting that Israel is prevented from taking action because of international pressure.

Ariel Sharon

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Every NBA player, every athlete, I think once you get to this level in life, whether you have kids or you're about to have kids, understands that this is so much bigger than this sport.

Allan Houston

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'Mercy,' I love conceptually because I feel like you can either think about it as if it were a girl - which it sounds like it could be about a girl - but I like to picture it as 'pleading for mercy for my career' type of thing.

Shawn Mendes

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