Return Of The Prodigal Son Quotes

#1. I do not overlook the fact that the appearance of these new, free nations in the European political community not only celebrates the return of the prodigal son but also creates new sources of friction here and there.

Hjalmar Branting

#2. This man welcomes sinners and eats with them," Jesus confronted the Pharisees and scribes not only with the return of the prodigal son, but also with the resentful elder son. It must have come as a shock to these dutiful religious people.

Henri J.M. Nouwen

#3. I teach child development and social policy as an undergraduate course, and I tell my students, "Look, on any of these issues, if you don't want to work on it for thirty years, don't start."

Edward Zigler

#4. We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there "is" such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and postive action.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#5. If it works, it's out of date.

David Bowie

#6. I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing.

Chuck Palahniuk

#7. I don't care what you do for a living. If you love it, you are a success.

George Burns

#8. There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.

Malcolm Gladwell

#9. I don't tweet. I prefer face-to-face communication and sometimes Instagram.

Elizabeth Jagger

#10. The true way to handle a matter wisely is to trust in the Lord. This

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#11. I didn't learn much about writing at Sarah Lawrence, but I learned a lot about the sources of poems - dreams, myth, history - from the really great teachers, Joseph Campbell, Charles Trinkhaus, Bert Loewenberg, and a young Australian anthropologist named Harry Hawthorne.

Carolyn Kizer

#12. Darzee was a feather-brained little fellow who could never hold more than one idea at a time in his head.

Rudyard Kipling

#13. You never depart from us, but yet, only with difficulties do we return to You.

Augustine Of Hippo

#14. I thought of the parable of the prodigal son. We had made merry for the beloved child's return too - but what happens when the beloved child doesn't say she's sorry? The parable doesn't talk about that. Jesus figures of course you're sorry. Jesus, I thought, you blew it. Not everybody is sorry.

Caroline B. Cooney

#15. It is to the prodigals ... that the memory of their Father's house comes back. If the son had lived economically he would never have thought of returning.

Simone Weil