Henri Nouwen Quotes

Most Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships and have opted for power and control instead. Many Christian empire-builders have been people unable to give and receive love.

Henri Nouwen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveLeadershipPowerPeopleControl

I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character.

John Malkovich

CharacterTimeMeanUpThingsThan

Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.

John Updike

RespectWhateverBeenCostsNewness

The age of access being offered by taxi-hailing apps like Uber and Ola is the biggest potential threat to auto industry.

Anand Mahindra

AgePotentialIndustryBeingUber

While in the middle of writing a book, I have a hard time reading other books for pleasure.

Stephen J. Dubner

TimeWritingBookReadingHard

I remember as a child, my mother loved Dean Martin. Every Christmas, about the only Christmas album that we were able to listen to was the Dean Martin Christmas album.

Michael Spradlin

MotherChildLovedRememberListen

I'm the treasurer of the state of Ohio, where, when the United States credit rating was downgraded for the first time in American history, and 14 government funds around the country were downgraded, we earned the highest rating we could earn on our $4 billion investment fund.

Josh Mandel

HistoryTimeGovernmentAmerican

With a tennis racket strapped tightly to her hiking pack, Martina Navratilova began her ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. The tennis legend had visions of celebrating at the summit of Africa's highest peak by hitting a couple balls to see how far they might fly in the thin air at 19,341 feet.

Don Yaeger

FlyFeetLegendAfricaBallsTennis

Whitney Cummings is one of the hardest working people I know, and she's very motivated.

Chris D'Elia

PeopleKnowSheWorkingHardest

The less you have to think about how to spend every dollar, the more likely you are to spend wisely.

Suze Orman

ThinkYouMoreDollarHowEvery

One of the rookie mistakes first-time entrepreneurs often make is to be too guarded about their idea - in fact, many will actually spend their first $25,000 on patent lawyers without ever fully vetting their product.

Scott Weiss

MistakesLawyersProductWillFirst

Reasonable people can reasonably disagree on policy.

Mark McKinnon

PeoplePolicyDisagreeReasonable

Popular music sucks so bad right now.

Kristin Hersh

MusicBadNowRightSucksPopular

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