Francis of Assisi Quotes

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

Francis of Assisi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: saint
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: 1182 - 1226

Topics

GraceOvercomingSelfAboveGifts

Lesson from Pataki's success is: Use the political moment.

Andrew Cuomo

SuccessMomentPoliticalLessonUse

Culture makes all men gentle.

Menander

CultureMenGentleMakes

For instance, Clinton who was unquestionably the smartest of the bunch I talked to - both the ones who made it and didn't. He had a great interest in policy.

Robert Scheer

GreatPolicyInterestSmartestMade

In the 1990s, the Lib Dems won a string of byelections at the expense of struggling Conservative governments. Christchurch, Ribble Valley and Eastbourne went straight back to the Tories at the next general election, but the Lib Dems held their later byelection gains - Eastleigh, Newbury and Romsey - in at least two subsequent general elections.

Michael Ashcroft

BackElectionConservativeTwoNext

My dark secrets are life threatening. Pockets of unhappiness set in aspic that build and build. I have this primitive feeling that if something good happens, it is going to be followed by something bad. There is always a price to pay.

Sue Townsend

LifeGoodBadFeelingSecretsDark

Only a person who has passed through the gate of humility can ascend to the heights of the spirit.

Rudolf Steiner

HumilityPersonHeightsSpiritGate

When I was fifteen, I used to run around reading 'Adbusters' and dumpster diving, trying to find ways to make the U.S. government unwind into chaos through hardcore punk and metal.

Diplo

GovernmentChaosReadingTryingFind

I'm going to do whatever I have to do to help a New Yorker, whether it's a girl on the street or a tenant in a housing development.

Christine Quinn

GirlHelpNewStreetDevelopment

The other girls were so comfortable with their bodies and it eventually rubbed off on me.

Brooke Langton

MeComfortableOffOtherEventually

I didn't think; I experimented.

Anthony Burgess

ExperienceThink

I didn't feel any remorse or sympathy if I injured a rival. I went over the top a few times but I never broke anyone's leg.

Peter Storey

SympathyFeelNeverTopOverLeg

In a way, I think Roxy Music is high camp, in a brilliant way.

Todd Haynes

MusicThinkWayBrilliantHighCamp

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