Welcoming New People Quotes & Sayings

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Families who lovingly accept the difficult trial of a child with special needs are greatly to be admired. They render the Church and society an invaluable witness of faithfulness to the gift of life. In these situations, the family can discover, together with the Christian community, new approaches, new ways of acting, a different way of understanding and identifying with others, by welcoming and caring for the mystery of the frailty of human life. People with disabilities are a gift for the family and an opportunity to grow in love, mutual aid and unity ... If the family, in the light of the faith, accepts the presence of persons with special needs, they will be able to recognize and ensure the quality and value of every human life, with its proper needs, rights and opportunities. — Pope Francis

How you start your day is how you live your day. How you live your day is how you live your life. — Louise L. Hay

Truth be told, our modern education systems crush the very spirit they claim to instill. — Matthew Kelly

They'd stayed not because they wanted to be heroes, but because they chose to think of it as their job, and it was in front of them. — Terry Pratchett

Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India. — Zubin Mehta

Actually, before 'Super 8,' I didn't even have a game console. But now I do. For a kickoff for 'Super 8,' they gave us all brand new PlayStation 3s. — Joel Courtney

I grew up in a military family. I was moved around from school to school, so people aren't always the most welcoming to new girls in school. — Olivia Munn

And our footsteps rang and echoed till it sounded like the room was full of dancers, the house calling up all the people who had danced here across centuries of spring evenings, gallant girls seeing gallant boys off to war, old men and women straight-backed while outside their world disintegrated and the new one battered at their doors, all of them bruised and all of them laughing, welcoming us into their long lineage. — Tana French

My longing to improve my looks via The Body Shop is being replaced by my longing to improve my looks via Photoshop. — Gina Barreca

I rarely meddled in the cat's personal affairs and she rarely meddled in mine. Neither of us was foolish enough to attribute human emotions to our pets. — Kinky Friedman

Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter. — James F. Cooper

These people were content with their environment, and felt no particular objection to an impersonal steel and concrete landscape, no qualms about the invasion of their privacy by government agencies and organizations, and if anything welcoming these intrusions, using them for their own purposes. These people were the first to master a new kind of 20th century life. They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing nothing, were never disappointed. Alternatively, their real needs might emerge later. — J.G. Ballard