Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
The first time I received an award, I was very surprised. I did not know whether to accept it or not. But I came to the conclusion that I should accept awards in the name of the poorest poor, as a form of homage to them. I think that basically, when awards are given to me, the existence of the poor in the world is being recognized.
Quotes to Explore
-
Americans should be wary of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt but not scared of them.
-
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
-
When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.
-
The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
-
I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
-
I'm a way bigger worrier than I ever was before I had kids. And, you know, the stress and anxiety that can go along with motherhood, I have had to battle that.
-
Adolescence as the time when an individual 'recapitulates' the savage stage of the race's past.
-
We benefit tremendously from the E.U. Britain does very well in getting back E.U. money for the amount it puts in.
-
I'd like there to be consistently more women's storylines going on at the same time.
-
What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.
-
That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.
-
I've lived an amazing life. There's no reason to focus on the bad. They teach you that in racing school. Keep your eye where you want your front tire to be. You don't want to be stuck in the rut? Then don't look at the rut. Always look at where you want to go.
-
Do not suffer any man to baptize or minister unto you, unless God has spoken unto him by the voice of his servants, and authorized him to minister in his name.
-
I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and I'm quite happy to read stuff on any of them.
-
I am addicted to hockey now. I've seen it on TV, but to be there? I had no idea that white people were having so much fun without me.
-
One naturally wonders if the problem of translation could conceivably be treated as a problem in cryptography. When I look at an article in Russian, I say: 'This is really written in English, but it has been coded in some strange symbols. I will now proceed to decode.'
-
You don't have any civil liberties if you're dead.
-
How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.
-
I've been very fortunate that I've worked since I left drama school in 1976.
-
Managers are the most creative people in the world.
-
Once we recognize the fact that every individual is a treasury of hidden and unsuspected qualities, our lives become richer, our judgement better, and our world is more right. It is not love that is blind, it is only the unnoticing eye that cannot see the real qualities of people.
-
We talk a lot in Congress about how we're going to encourage more development in renewables, and we put in place a subsidy that's good for two years. Then Congress argues and bickers over whether or not we're going to extend it. As a consequence, nothing happens because we've put so much uncertainty into the prospect of these subsidies.
-
The first time I received an award, I was very surprised. I did not know whether to accept it or not. But I came to the conclusion that I should accept awards in the name of the poorest poor, as a form of homage to them. I think that basically, when awards are given to me, the existence of the poor in the world is being recognized.
