"Persistence may not solve everything - at least……" — Joan D. Chittister
"Persistence may not solve everything - at least in our lifetime - but it is truer to the meaning of life for us to wait for another plowing, another seeding, another harvest, then not."
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93 Quotes by Joan D. Chittister
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It's possible to have too much in life. Too many clothes jade our appreciation of new ones; too much money…
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The vision of a culture lies in what becomes its major institutions, in what it remembers as its most impacting…
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We may well be the ones Proverbs warns when it reminds us: "Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value…
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Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human…
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Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear…
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A bifurcation of loyalties that requires religious to put canon law above civil law and moral law puts us in…
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Blind obedience is itself an abuse of human morality. It is a misuse of the human soul in the name…
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To be contemplative we must remove the clutter from our lives, surround ourselves with beauty, and consciously, relentlessly, persistently, give…
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Hope is not a matter of waiting for things outside of us to get better. It is about getting better…
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It is a pathetic moment in the history of the human condition when the outside world tells us who and…
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Longing is a compass that guides us through life. We may never get what we really want, that's true, but…
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In our dreams lies our unfinished work for the world.
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We need to figure out a 'harvest system' to collect the produce that stores don't put out for customers to…
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I rode horseback three miles each way to get to high school, and in bad weather it was a problem…
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Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
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The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
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In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
— William Blake
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I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest.
— Claude Chabrol
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The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow…
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The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of…
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The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
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Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to…
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More and more of out colleagues fail to understand our work because of the high specialization of research problems. We…
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