Foucauld Quotes

#1. For Foucauld and the Little Brothers, life in the desert was not a flight from the world but rather a school of love and prayer to learn to enter more deeply into humanity. Their goal was to shout the gospel not so much with their mouths as with their lives.

Brennan Manning

#2. It would not be a bad idea if bankers were to go and sit occasionally with politicians in their political surgeries, where they might get a sense of the injustice that some of the community feel about the banks.

Prince Andrew

#3. As soon as I came to believe there was a God, I understood that I could not do otherwise than live only for him.

Charles De Foucauld

#4. You are not alone. You are part of the Olympian family. The gods have not abandoned you.

Rick Riordan

#5. Beauty found a way to grow in the ugliest of places.

Christie Watson

#6. Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

Wilma Rudolph

#7. Father of mine, I abandon myself to you, make of me that which is pleasing to you. Whatever you might do to me, I thank you.

Charles De Foucauld

#8. I wasn't going to toss off words like love and forever until I was sure. Until he was sure. Forever can be a very long time for a n=Bean sidhes, ans so far his track record looked more like the fifty-yard dash than the Boston marathon.

Rachel Vincent

#9. Above all, always see Jesus in every person, and consequently treat each one not only as an equal and as a brother or sister, but also with great humility, respect and selfless generosity.

Charles De Foucauld

#10. Adrian had always found it amusing that a guy could be drilling Stacia up her ass while she considered herself to be a virgin. Her intent had been to present herself as such when she found "Mr. Right."

Jess C. Scott

#11. Cry the Gospel with your whole life.

Charles De Foucauld

#12. Anything that doesn't lead us to that - to better know and serve God - is a waste of time.

Charles De Foucauld

#13. The one thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything.

Charles De Foucauld

#14. The absence of risk is a sure sign of mediocrity.

Charles De Foucauld

#15. I know a lot of actors who've just gotten bitter because they did something and then nobody ever saw it or whatever.

William Petersen

#16. It is not necessary to teach others, to cure them or to improve them; it is only necessary to live among them, sharing the human condition and being present to them in love.

Charles De Foucauld

#17. He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.

Gabrielle Zevin

#18. We should never forget the two axioms: 'Jesus is with me' and whatever happens, happens by the will of God.

Charles De Foucauld

#19. Developing a Culture of Accountability where people take ownership for achieving key organizational results requires a willingness to make the link between where you are and what you have done with where you want to be and what you are going to do to get there.

Roger Connors

#20. I could make a martyrly claim to having been the victim of childhood enslavement when I report that I started regularly cooking with my mother at a hot stove when I was five. But the truth is I wanted to cook. Cooking meant being near food.

Alice Dreger

#21. To love anyone is to hope in him for always. From the moment at which we begin to judge anyone, to limit our confidence in him, from the moment at which we identify him with what we know of him and so reduce him to that, we cease to love him and he ceases to be able to be better.

Charles De Foucauld

#22. There's no place on earth with more of the old superstitions and magic mixed into its daily life than the Scottish Highlands.

Diana Gabaldon

#23. To receive the grace of God you must go to the desert and stay awhile.

Charles De Foucauld

#24. What great faith our Lord Jesus Christ asks of us - and how just that is. Do we not owe him such faith? It looks impossible to us, but Jesus is Master of the impossible.

Charles De Foucauld

#25. You have only one model, Jesus. Follow, follow, follow him, step by step, imitating him, sharing his life in every way.

Charles De Foucauld

#26. One should always talk well about oneself! The word spreads around and in the end, noone remembers where it started

Jean Cocteau

#27. My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm racing, to be keep myself more under control.

Hermann Maier