Fulton J. Sheen on believe
Fulton J. Sheen75 quotes“Modern man has so long preached a doctrine of false tolerance; he has so long believed that right and wrong were only differences in a point of view, that now when evil works itself out in practice he is paralyzed to do anything against it.”
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A woman gets angry when a man denies his faults, because she knew them all along. His lying mocks her affection; it is the deceit that angers her more than the faults.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown!
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen Most of us do not like to look inside ourselves for the same reason we don’t like to open a letter that has bad news.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen The difference between the love of a man and the love of a woman is that a man will always give reasons for loving, but a woman gives no reasons for loving.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen Broadmindedness, when it means indifference to right and wrong, eventually ends in a hatred of what is right.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen Freedom does not mean that right to do whatever we please, but rather to do as we ought. The right to do whatever we please reduces freedom to a physical power and forgets that freedom is a moral power.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen It was to a virgin woman that the birth of the Son of God was announced. It was to a fallen woman that his resurrection was announced.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul’s language.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen It is not particularly difficult to find thousands who will spend two or three hours a day in exercising, but if you ask them to bend their knees to God in five minutes of prayer they protest that it is too long.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen Hearing nuns’ confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen Believe the incredible and you can do the impossible.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen It’s impossible to lose your footing when you’re on your knees.
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Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
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I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.
Mick JaggerMick Jagger If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.
Kelly ClarksonKelly Clarkson What if I told you everything was going to be okay – but what if in my own, soft heart, I really needed to hear it too?
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena We can change the course of events if we go to our knees in believing prayer.
Billy GrahamBilly Graham Go ahead and believe in God , if you like, but don’t imagine that you have been given any grounds for such a belief by science.
Daniel DennettDaniel Dennett Believe that He loves you. He wants to help you Himself in the struggles which you must undergo. Believe in His Love, His exceeding Love.
Elizabeth of the TrinityElizabeth of the Trinity
