"Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and ask him if he's the One."

-- Ernest Gaines

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #Looks Quotes

“In the beginning was the word, and it was spoken.”
“The Eucharist is source and pledge of blessedness and glory, not for the soul alone, but for the body also.... In the frail and perishable body that divine Host, which is the immortal body of Christ, implants a principle of resurrection, a seed of immortality, which one day must germinate”

Source : Pope Leo XIII (1990). “A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII”, p.347, TAN Books
“While no road is ever straight, dedication and persistence will always lead you to your dreams.”
“I'm glad I lived such a full life before I settled down into a family because I got to enjoy it and get it out of my system.”
“I think I was very young when I became interested in fashion.”
“If you don't make peace with your past it will keep showing up in your present.”
“I will frankly confess that I was convinced that God had ordained me to do certain things for the service of my nation, things that perhaps could not be done by anyone else. In whatever I have done and whatever I do in the future, I consider myself as an agent of the will of God.”
“There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.”

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