Makes Us Quotes

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It is only love which makes us acceptable to God. — Therese of Lisieux
Let ... individuals make the most of what God has given them, have their neighbors do the same, and then do all they can to… — Sojourner Truth
The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Perhaps most excitingly, we are uncovering the brain basis of our behaviors - normal, abnormal and in-between. We are mapping a neurobiology of what makes… — Robert M. Sapolsky
I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth. The fact is… — Maya Angelou
Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities. — Samuel Johnson
Perhaps love makes us grow old before our time and makes us young again when youth has passed. — Paulo Coelho
The habit of looking for beauty in everything makes us notice the shortcomings of things, our sense, hungry for complete satisfaction, misses the perfection it… — George Santayana
I believe that with the advent of acid, we discovered a new way to think, and it has to do with piecing together new thoughts… — Ken Kesey
What makes us so often discontented with those who transact business for us is that they almost always abandon the interest of their friends for… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What anxiety means is it's as though the world is knocking at your door, and you need to create, you need to make something, you… — Rollo May
Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people's too; our fear lets us practice valor; we are tense,… — Nancy Gibbs
Equality, absolutely, that's what defines us. It's what makes us great. If it doesn't sit well with your religion, let your God sort it out… — Brad Pitt
We are a strong, robust, and prosperous nation. Optimism is the essence of our success. It drives our creativity and emboldens our entrepreneurial spirit. It… — Bill Frist
No one else 'makes us angry.' We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude. What someone else may have done is irrelevant.… — Jim Rohn
Simplifying our lives does not mean sinking into idleness, but on the contrary, getting rid of the most subtle aspect of laziness: the one which… — Matthieu Ricard
The Jivanmukta ('the living free' or one who knows) alone is able to give real love, real charity, real truth, and it is truth alone… — Swami Vivekananda
It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others — Francois Fenelon
We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness… — Julia Cameron
Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident -… — Therese of Lisieux

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