Alphonsus Liguori Quotes
Prayer must be humble: God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Here St. James tells us that God does not listen to the prayers of the proud, but resists them; while, on the other hand, he is always ready to hear the prayers of the humble.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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It is every woman's dream to be some man's dream woman.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
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You can tell when people think they're a little bit special, and it's quite fun to laugh at them, and I think it's good to laugh at them, because then you can deflate their egos a bit.
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Politicians make phony promises all the time that they can't deliver.
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Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin.
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Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
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Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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I'm living my dream now.
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North Carolina is home to some of the largest financial institutions in the country, and a vibrant network of community banks. We're a banking state, and we're proud of that distinction. But we also understand that responsible financial regulation protects consumers and businesses.
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I want to make lemonade out of the lemons that were dealt to me.
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Prayer must be humble: God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Here St. James tells us that God does not listen to the prayers of the proud, but resists them; while, on the other hand, he is always ready to hear the prayers of the humble.
