Famous Quotes & Sayings

Love is the fruit of prayer ... Patiently abiding in prayer signifies a man's renunciation of himself. Therefore the self-denial of the soul turns into love for God.

The soul that loves God has its rest in God and in God alone. In all the paths that men walk in in the world, they do not attain peace until they draw nigh to hope in God.

If you are truly merciful, then when what is yours is unjustly taken, don't be sad inside, and do not tell of our loss to your neighbor. Let a better loss, inflicted by those who insult you, be absorbed by your mercy.

In all things that you find in the Holy Scriptures, seek out the purpose of the words, that you may enter into the depth of the thoughts of the saints and understand them with greater exactness. Do not approach the reading of the Divine Scriptures without prayer and asking the help of God. Consider prayer to be the key to the true understanding of that which is said in the Holy Scriptures.

Love sinners, but hate their deeds, and do not disdain sinners for their failings, so that you yourself do not fall into the temptation in which they abide... Do not be angry at anyone and do not hate anyone, neither for their faith, nor for their shameful deeds... Do not foster hatred for the sinner, for we are all guilty... Hate his sins, and pray for him, so that you may be made like unto Christ, who had no dislike for sinners, but prayed for them.

Let there always be a preponderance of mercy with you, even though you don't feel such mercy in yourself, as God has for the world ... A cruel and merciless heart is never purified. A merciful man is the doctor of his own soul, because as it were a by a strong wind from is heart he drives out the darkness of the passions.

Isaac Watts

Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessing without number Gently falling on thy head.

Isaac Newton

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Isaac Newton

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent

Isaac Newton

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Isaac Newton

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

Isabel Allende

Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.

Irving Berlin

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.

Irving Berlin

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

Ingrid Bergman

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

Ingrid Bergman

Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.

Ingrid Bergman

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success.

Indra Nooyi

Just because you are CEO, don't think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I've never forgotten that.

Harriet Tubman

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

Harrison Ford

All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You've got to find it on your own terms.

Harrison Ford

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.

Hannah More

A faint endeavor ends in a sure defeat.

Guy Verhofstadt

When you are invited to a dinner, you are either a guest or you are part of a menu

Guy Ritchie

We're not unique. We're quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn't work exponentially when we are together. Relationships are about eating humble pie.

Guy Kawasaki

Evangelism is selling a dream.

Guy Kawasaki

People who earn the label "creative" are really just people who come up with more combinations of ideas, find interesting ones faster, and are willing to try them out. The problem is that most schools and organizations train us out of those habits.

Guy Kawasaki

Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck.

Guy Kawasaki

One must understand what people are thinking, feeling and believing in order to enchant them.

Guy Kawasaki

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place.

Guy Kawasaki

Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting.

Gina Rinehart

It was very difficult. We don't advertise this much, but those years that we went through were hell. I don't want to overstate the situation, but everything was mortgaged to the hilt, cash was a real problem, and it did limit what we were able to do.

Gina Rinehart

Our company was mortgaged to the hilt, and that did restrain us, and it's why we had to take in partners.