William C. Richardson famous quotes

Of all the questions about the future of leadership that we can raise for ourselves, we can be certain in our answer to only one: 'Who will lead us?' The answer, of course, is that we will be lead by those we have taught, and they will lead us as we have shown them they should.
-- William C. Richardson

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In times of trouble you can count on your self. In times of disaster you can count on your friends. In times of sorrow you can count on your Father.
-- William C. Richardson

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The only thing that can stop you is the doubt that you carry in your mind.
-- William C. Richardson

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Poetry is unfallen speech. Paradise knew no other, for no other would suffice to answer the need of those ecstatic days of innocence.

Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.

So how can a poet-an intelligent, serious poet-write mystical verse now? The poetry of Adam Zagajewski provides the beginning of an answer to this question.

Dad taught me everything I know, but he would never tell me anything he knew.

St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make of our lives was to ask to be made a healer of it.

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count

It seems to me that more and more we've come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.

The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.

Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

Jihad should be waged in places where there is war. Bombings in places where there is no war is not a good thing.