Benedict of Nursia Quotes

The first step of humility is unhesitating obedience which comes naturally to those who cherish Christ above all.

Benedict of Nursia

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• I'm a black Catholic raised in Decatur, Georgia, which was very gang-infested. Then, I went to an all-white private high school and excelled in sports and wrote poetry, then played football at the University of Georgia, minoring in drama.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • School
  • High
  • Black

• If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.

  

  Valerie Jarrett
  • Change
  • Conflict
  • Global

• Ideas are cheap and easy, and there are a lot of them.

  

  Sam Altman
  • Ideas
  • Easy
  • Cheap

• I always have to have a six pack or twelve pack of Entenmann's doughnuts in my house, no other brand.

  

  Victor Cruz
  • House
  • Always
  • Brand

• We are very near the final climactic events that end with the Second Coming of Christ.

  

  Hal Lindsey
  • End
  • Christ
  • Final

• Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.

  

  Dan Rather
  • Good
  • Journalism
  • Last

• I did not set out to be a poster child for anything. I saw a mountain. I wanted to climb it.

  

  Raha Moharrak
  • Child
  • Mountain
  • Climb

• I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that support you - to succeed.

  

  Samantha Morton
  • Want
  • Parents
  • Support

• I am always cautious.

  

  Carnie Wilson Wilson Phillips

• Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war.

  

  Jan Schakowsky
  • War
  • Strong
  • Door

• I had been thinking about social awkwardness and about people you meet who are not bad people - there is nothing wrong with them, but they are just a little bit awkward, and it makes you feel uncomfortable, and it makes you want to bring the encounter to an end. I thought, 'Is there a reason for that? What has contributed to their demeanour?'

  

  Gail Honeyman
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Bad

• As both developed and developing nations search for alternative sources of energy in response to the growing energy crisis, we at Acumen Fund believe that investing in entrepreneurs who provide innovative energy solutions is an increasingly critical part of the solution.

  

  Jacqueline Novogratz
  • Believe
  • Energy
  • Growing

• I like writing, and I enjoy it. It's painful. You can't get around the pain of writing. I'm still trying to balance on what I think is my creative habit. It varies, but I do know that I need to continue. It helps me with my acting, and the writing helps me be invested in a different way.

  

  Gbenga Akinnagbe
  • Different
  • Writing
  • Trying

• They whom trifles distract and nothing occupies are but children.

  

  John Lancaster Spalding
  • Children

• Too often, our concern for specific individuals today means neglecting crises that will harm countless people in the future.

  

  Paul Bloom
  • People
  • Future
  • Today

• Your task, O preacher, is to make sure that you are faithful to the text, that you are faithful to the proclamation of that gospel, that you are faithful to set forth the whole counsel of God, and then step back and let it happen.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • God
  • Text
  • Faithful

• History teaches us that there have been but few infringements of personal liberty by the state which have not been justified, as they are here, in the name of righteousness and the public good, and few which have not been directed, as they are now, at politically helpless minorities.

  

  Harlan Stone
  • Good
  • History
  • Liberty

• I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you do.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Want
  • You
  • Style

• True love is the parent of humility.

  

  William Ellery Channing
  • Love
  • True
  • For Her

• The first step of humility is unhesitating obedience which comes naturally to those who cherish Christ above all.

  

  Benedict of Nursia
  • Christ
  • Humility
  • Obedience