Angela Merici Quotes

#1. Every form of causeless self-doubt, every feeling of inferiority and secret unworthiness is, in fact, man's hidden dread of his inability to deal with existence.

John Galt

#2. Reflect that in reality you have a greater need to serve [the poor] than they have of your service.

Angela Merici

#3. I've discovered a new affliction; it's called Orphan Black Eyes. When people ask me what I'm working on and I tell them Orphan Black ... they usually clutch a part of my body and their eyes go wide and a little crazy. People are MAD for this show. As am I.

Michelle Forbes

#4. Rosamond being one of those women who live much in the idea that each man they meet would have preferred them if the preference had not been hopeless.

George Eliot

#5. We must give alms. Charity wins souls and draws them to virtue.

Angela Merici

#6. You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.

Angela Merici

#7. I felt something I had never felt before, a mixture of fear and pride. I liked it. This was fatherhood. The biggest mistake anyone could make, and yet universally accepted. I had arrived.

Carl-John X. Veraja

#8. You do not convince me. You rationalize your actions and because the result is favorable you become right.

David Gemmell

#9. If you can discipline yourself to read, you can free up two years of your life for the good stuff!)

Seth Godin

#10. [Politicians] - they'll give you everything you want to your face - and then, as you walk away, they'll shoot you in the back because it's fun to watch you die.

Robert Crandall

#11. Do not lose heart, even if you should discover that you lack qualities necessary for the work to which you are called. He who called you will not desert you, but the moment you are in need he will stretch out his saving hand.

Angela Merici

#12. Strive to be faithful to that which God has called you.

Angela Merici

#13. As a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. And my own passion was that I wanted to be a film director. I realized that being an astronaut was not going to be an option, so I said, "Well, I'm going to be a director and do films in space."

Alfonso Cuaron

#14. There isn't so much love in the world that you can turn it away when it's offered.

Robert Crais

#15. Beware of trying to accomplish anything by force.

Angela Merici

#16. Consider that the devil doesn't sleep, but seeks our ruin in a thousand ways.

Angela Merici

#17. I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes.

Luis Suarez

#18. You are a black goddess when you come out the salon.

Jenifer Lewis

#19. Do now what you wish to have done when your moment comes to die.

St. Angela Merici

#20. You'll never reach your destination if you stop to throw stones at every dog that barks.

Windston Churchill

#21. Disorder in society is the result of disorder in the family.

St. Angela Merici

#22. You take it from me, we are losing the war because we can salute too well.

Erich Maria Remarque