Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.
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Failure is a part of success.
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If you have a group of people come together around a vision for real discipleship, people who are committed to grow, committed to change, committed to learn, then a spiritual assessment tool can work.
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No, I didn't quite know to what extent the football might be, but it was quite a bonus for me to try to learn new skills and to keep fit at the same time.
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If you think of the people who are funny in your life, you'll note it's not because they tell jokes, it's because of their character. If you develop characters, then you'll know them, and you'll know how they'll speak. The comedy will come out of the character.
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Flexibility in a time of great change is a vital quality of leadership.
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Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.
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Opening to oneself fully is opening to the world.
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Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.
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One thing that really drew me to him the first time I saw him play was his leadership ability within the team.
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There is nothing permanent except change. [Therefore enjoy what good you have while you have it and endure and outlast what bad you can't cure immediately]
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Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair the losses which the human body suffers through the act of living.
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If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.
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An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
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Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is offered.
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Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.
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Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
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Obama reminds me of the black kid at a white school that don't nobody want to play with.
