Alphonsus Rodriguez Quotes

#1. Don't make gods into demons.

Pema Chodron

#2. Lord, if Thou knowest that I shall find, on leaving the house, even through obedience, an occasion of offending Thee, I conjure Thee to take away my life here, where Thou are really present, for Thou solely art my life, and I prefer a thousand deaths to causing Thee the slightest displeasure.

Alphonsus Rodriguez

#3. I was so tall and so skinny - I was that kid who couldn't find anything to wear. All the cool kids would have jeans the right length and I would just think, 'What am I going to do?'

L'Wren Scott

#4. You must strive with all possible care to please God in such a manner as neither to do nor behold anything, without first consulting Him, and in everything to seek Him alone and His glory.

Alphonsus Rodriguez

#5. I think the fact that I am living my dream and being really productive and embarking on all my lifelong aspirations is proof enough that if I can do it, anyone can. I try to tell everybody to dream big and go after their dreams.

Elliott Yamin

#6. Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.

Vincent Bugliosi

#7. Good films get smaller audiences, but more of the viewer.

Jean-Luc Godard

#8. Then the business game is to make profits out of others, and to prevent others from making profits out of you.

Jack London

#9. One is too precious about the past, the other too hungry for the future. One arm being dragged into the past by the ethics of historic preservation, the other being yanked towards a hopeful (bigger, brighter, better) future.

Winy Maas

#10. The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.

John C. Maxwell

#11. Some persons are so inclined to mortify themselves that at every opportunity they have, they do so. What a beautiful practice this is, and how profitable!

Alphonsus Rodriguez

#12. I wish my daughter wasn't spending time thinking of Kim Kardashian or Rihanna.

Tina Brown

#13. People first, then money, then things.

Suze Orman