Saint Ambrose Quotes

It is a better thing to save souls for the Lord than to save treasures. He who sent forth his apostles without gold had not need of gold to form his Church. The Church possesses gold, not to hoard, but to scatter abroad and come to the aid of the unfortunate.

Saint Ambrose

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• One of the most sacred purposes for which the scriptures were written was to make it possible for all to know Christ. The scriptures teach and testify of Jesus Christ. They teach us much that we need to know and to do to return to the presence of the Savior.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
  • Know
  • Jesus
  • Teach

• Thanks to 'A Prophet,' I'm known in a lot of countries.

  

  Tahar Rahim
  • Thanks
  • Countries
  • Prophet

• If you say something that undermines the stability of the country, then you have to be held accountable.

  

  Najib Razak
  • Country
  • You
  • Stability

• I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • People
  • Write
  • Interested

• It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • Growing
  • Me
  • Water

• What passes for political realism may make for lively academic debates. But it often functions, ironically, as a tool of social control, rendering us passive with an analysis that overwhelms and paralyzes us.

  

  Parker Palmer
  • May
  • Political
  • Control

• As for swimming, I'm now in the pool 5 days a week from 8 to 10 a.m. And I'm in the gym for an hour and a half, 4 days a week. Two days upper body, two days lower.

  

  Dana Torres
  • Body
  • Week
  • Gym

• If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

  

  Eden Phillpotts
  • You
  • Light
  • Working

• No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• I figure if people don't want to make the distinction between a Muslim and a terrorist, then why should I make a distinction between good scared white people and racists?

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • People
  • Good
  • Why

• I grew up doing stage work as a child and as a teenager, so the stage is my home where I feel most comfortable.

  

  Tammy Blanchard
  • Up
  • Work
  • Home

• I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Want
  • Rock
  • Seem

• I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.

  

  Abbie Cornish
  • Body
  • Hollywood
  • Actress

• Culturally, the arts of Puerto Rico is really unmatched by any other island.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Arts
  • Island
  • Puerto Rico

• If we turn our back on the people of this country who need to work for a living, we shouldn't be here, to be honest, because that has to be an essential part of what we do to protect the country, from the standpoint of defense, protect workers and make sure they have jobs.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • People
  • Work
  • Country

• We've been a bit too defensive about the European Union rules. We don't want to become protectionist and nationalist in the way we buy things but we think we could do a lot more to promote British business through procurement.

  

  Vince Cable
  • Business
  • Want
  • Rules

• I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn't sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever.

  

  Vince Vaughn
  • People
  • Up
  • Friends

• I work with a group of actors, and whenever one of us has an audition, we all get together, and we all work together on it. I think it takes us back to our film school days, our drama school days, us just working together and figuring it out because somebody else is going to see something in the material that you won't see.

  

  Omar Dorsey
  • Work
  • School
  • Together

• Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.

  

  Eileen Caddy
  • Words
  • Thoughts

• What does it mean when nightmares dream of peace? When shadows wish for light?

  

  Melissa Marr
  • Dream
  • Nightmare
  • Exchange

• When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.

  

  Zong Qinghou
  • Think
  • You
  • Better

• If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Know
  • Better
  • Judge

• I'd like to live off the band, but if not, I'll just retire to Mexico or Yugoslavia with a few hundred dollars, grow potatoes, and learn the history of rock through back issues of Creem magazine.

  

  Kurt Cobain Nirvana
  • Live
  • History
  • Band

• It is a better thing to save souls for the Lord than to save treasures. He who sent forth his apostles without gold had not need of gold to form his Church. The Church possesses gold, not to hoard, but to scatter abroad and come to the aid of the unfortunate.

  

  Saint Ambrose
  • Church
  • Better
  • Gold