--- title: "4 Paul J. Pastor Quotes" description: "Paul J. Pastor has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-paul-j-pastor-69154.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Paul J. Pastor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-paul-j-pastor-69154.jpg) # Paul J. Pastor **4** quotes in **17** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Paul J. Pastor > [“Environmentalist Paul Hawken, in the 2009 commencement address to the University of Portland, said, “Ralph Waldo Emerson once asked what we would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-pastor/environmentalist-paul-hawken-in-the-2009-commencement-address-to-the/) [Paul J. Pastor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-j-pastor/) [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/paul-j-pastor-69154_astronomy_environmentalist-paul-hawken-in-the-2009_134797.jpg) > [“There are two kinds of Christians—no, there are two more kinds: those who think they can make God do something and those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-pastor/there-are-two-kinds-of-christians-no-there-are-two-more-kinds-those/) [Paul J. Pastor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-j-pastor/) [Christians](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christians/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/paul-j-pastor-69154_quote_there-are-two-kinds-of-christians-no-the_2044563.jpg) > [“He brings down the haughty, you know, even when the haughty are his own, and he raises those who are low. His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-pastor/he-brings-down-the-haughty-you-know-even-when-the-haughty-are-his-own/) [Paul J. Pastor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-j-pastor/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/paul-j-pastor-69154_business_he-brings-down-the-haughty-you-know-even_3052266.jpg) > [“What can be known is that his words will be ones in keeping with his character—breathing life, making love bloom where there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-pastor/what-can-be-known-is-that-his-words-will-be-ones-in-keeping-with-his/) [Paul J. Pastor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-j-pastor/) [Breathing life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing-life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/paul-j-pastor-69154_breathing-life_what-can-be-known-is-that-his-words-will_3121708.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-j-pastor/#itemlist", "name": "Paul J. 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