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Inspirational Quotes by Fulton J. Sheen
- Never measure your generosity by what you give, but rather by what you have left.
- Our Lord did not ask us to give up the things of earth, but to exchange them for better things.
- The only time laughter is wicked is when it is turned against Him Who gave it.
- The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women.
- Obedience to Truth is obedience to Love.
- Sex has become one of the most discussed subjects of modern times. The Victorians pretended it did not exist; the moderns pretend nothing else exists.
- When you are getting kicked from the rear it means you are in front.
- If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.
- The way not to lead a monotonous life is to live for others.
- The power of the rosary is beyond description.
- Charity is to be measured, not by what one has given away, but by what one has left.
- Every child should have an occasional pat on the back as long as it is applied low enough and hard enough.
- Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you…
- Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right…
- You must remember to love people and use things, rather than to love things and use people.
- Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
- Science is not wisdom.
- If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.
- Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected and completed.
- Man is incurably curious.
- When the will loves anything that is below it in dignity, it degrades itself.
- We become like that which we love. If we love what is base, we become base; but if we love what is noble, we become…
- A woman never tells you why she loves; she just tells you how she loves.
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento