Abbe Pierre Quotes

#1. The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.

Abbe Pierre

#2. Life is full of change and uncertainty. We know this. We experience it on a daily basis.

Carre Otis

#3. Was it mad to at least try to live as one wished, or as clost to it as possible? This life is mine, seh would think sometimes. This life is mine because of good luck. And because I reached out and took it.
-Cora

Laura Moriarty

#4. My family background was deeply Christian.

Abbe Pierre

#5. Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.

Abbe Pierre

#6. People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.

Abbe Pierre

#7. Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.

Abbe Pierre

#8. People are often unhappy in the Christian life because they have thought of Christianity, and the whole message of the gospel, in inadequate terms.

David Lloyd-Jones

#9. I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.

Abbe Pierre

#10. Affirmative action was never meant to be permanent, and now is truly the time to move on to some other approach.

Susan Estrich

#11. The Abbe de Saint-Pierre suggested an association of all the states of Europe to maintain perpetual peace among themselves. Is this association practicable, and supposing that it were established, would it be likely to last?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#12. Hope is not a matter of age.

Abbe Pierre

#13. Our words are there to bless people and bring peace to the world

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#14. Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.

Abbe Pierre

#15. What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.

Abbe Pierre

#16. THE FINAL PROBLEM

Arthur Conan Doyle

#17. After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the poor, as canon law at that time still permitted.

Abbe Pierre

#18. The first professional training I received of any kind was when I was 14 years old and we were in Kansas City, Missouri. I attended the Kansas City Art Institute for one summer.

Marc Davis

#19. When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.

Abbe Pierre

#20. You're a rose, the perfect flower. I'm a carnation, just a cheaper substitute.

Wendi Cassel

#21. It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.

Abbe Pierre

#22. The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.

Abbe Pierre

#23. Material girls like Madonna Model for Donatella

Nicki Minaj

#24. It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.

Abbe Pierre