Vincentians Quotes & Sayings

I'm just trying to enjoy my moment, and I would like to enjoy it for a long time. — Lorena Ochoa

Don't blow out someone's candle or you'll both end up in the dark. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Drugs are for idiots. I'm never going to be that person. — Miley Cyrus

What if we started every decision by asking some simple questions: What are we giving up by making this choice? What else could we do with the same time and money? — Chip Heath

The Bat sets free - The herds are shut in byre and hut For loosed till dawn — Rudyard Kipling

You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile. It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting master you will see. And the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them. — St. Vincent De Paul

Criticism, can be done with a kind heart and an earnest word to stimulate learning. However, sometimes with no accountability there is no regard for kindness or empathy to help another grow — Eri Nelson

My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie her shoelaces on her own, drilling multiplication tables with Cindy, practicing piano every day with her. No one expected Cindy to get a Ph.D.! But my mom wanted her to be the best she could be, within her limits. — Amy Chua

people who had damage in the part of the brain where emotions are generated, he found that they all had something peculiar in common: They couldn't make decisions. They could describe what they should do in logical terms, but they found it impossible to make even the simplest choice. In other words, while we may use logic to reason ourselves toward a decision, the actual decision making is governed by emotion. — Chris Voss

'Notorious' is a masterwork. I can watch it every day. — Bellamy Young

The world as he sees it is Hell. — Katsura Hoshino

Kitsch is deceptive. It has many different levels, and some of them are high enough to be dangerous to the naive seeker of true light. — Clement Greenberg

When Captain America is in a room full of Marvel superheroes, he is always Top Dog, even though his powers are pretty modest. He could be stood next to Thor, Iron Man, whoever. He is the one that everyone looks up to. To me, that is Superman, too. Even de-powered in the Legion arc, he was still Superman. Still Top Dog. — Gary Frank

Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn't what romantic songs tell us it is - love simply is. — Paulo Coelho