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Giving Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- ...When you can look into the face of human beings and you have enough light to recognize them as your brothers and sisters. Up until…
- If you feel a great loneliness and a deep longing for human contact, you have to be extremely discerning...and ask yourself whether this situation is…
- Simply being with someone is difficult because it asks of us that we share in the other's vulnerability, enter with him or her into the…
- This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.
- Do not despair, thinking that you cannot change yourself after so many years. Simply enter into the presence of Jesus as you are and ask…
- My hope is that the description of God's love in my life will give you the freedom and the courage to discover... God's love in…
- The mystery of the spiritual life is that Jesus desires to meet us in the seclusion of our own heart, to make his love known…
- When we break bread and give it to each other, fear vanishes and God becomes very close.
- For as long as you can remember, you have been a pleaser, depending on others to give you an identity. You need not look at…
- Indeed, when God's glory dwells in me, there is nothing too far away, nothing too painful, nothing too strange or too familiar that it cannot…
- Friendship is one of the greatest gifts a human being can receive. It is a bond beyond common goals, common interests, or common histories. It…
- The Church will always be renewed when our attention shifts from ourselves to those who need our care. The blessing of Jesus always comes to…
- The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.
- By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others.
- Prayer is the breath of your life which gives you the freedom to go and stay where you wish and to find the many signs…
- When we give generously, with an abundance mentality, what we give away will multiply.
- The more you have loved and have allowed yourself to suffer because of your love, the more you will be able to let your heart…
- When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of…
- Asking people for money is giving them the opportunity to put their resources at the disposal of the Kingdom.
- To give someone a blessing is the most significant affirmation we can offer.
- Most Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships and have opted for power and control instead.…
- When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of…
- We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of…
- We have probably wondered in our many lonesome moments if there is one corner in this competitive, demanding world where it is safe to be…
- Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who…
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- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. — Mary Kay Ash
- From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi