Saint Augustine Quotes

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

Saint Augustine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: saint
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  • Birth: 354 - 430

Topics

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Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It's also the dangerous part and it's an ugly emotion that hurts.

Matthew McConaughey

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If you believe, like I do, that the world is abundant with possibilities, then we need to make sure we build capacity so that everybody is successful or can be successful in the pursuit of their dreams - not the dreams of someone from government, but their own dreams.

Jeb Bush

DreamsGovernmentWorldBelieveYou

Right after college, after growing up in the United States, I moved to India, broadly telling the story of how an old and stagnant country was suddenly waking up. And I came home, back to America, in 2009 after telling that story and writing a book about that.

Anand Giridharadas

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It's always a combination of physics and poetry that I find inspiring. It's hard to wrap your head around things like the Hubble scope.

Tom Hanks

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I'm not just a politician, I'm a guy who has a real deep, substantive, commitment to education.

Roy Romer

EducationCommitmentDeepRealGuy

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

Rudyard Kipling

GoodWomanSmokeOnly

Talented people are finding that writing for young people is as demanding of high quality as writing for adults.

Lloyd Alexander

QualityPeopleWritingFindingYoung

Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.

Jonathan Swift

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I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.

Christina Aguilera

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It's not the things you don't know that trip you up. It's the things you think you know, but you don't. You fail to ask a certain question because you believe you know the answer. Separating your information from your assumptions can be very tricky business.

Claudia Gray

BusinessBelieveThinkInformation

I follow my instincts. Maybe I'd be more successful in my business and my private life if I did things like everybody else. But I just feel like I'm different from everybody else.

Brenda Russell

LifeBusinessFeelMoreFollowJust

I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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