"There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of sweetness; in the middle the contests of temptation; and in the end the fullness of perfection."

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Pope Gregory I

#Perfection Quotes #Temptation Quotes #Saint Quotes

“People like to define you through what they've seen you do ... There are aspects of my personality, I guess, that come through on-screen, but I don't sit around thinking, I've been a bumbling suitor all my life.”

Source : "Born Funny" by Margot Dougherty, Reader's Digest, September 2007.
“Men are apt to overvalue the tongues, and to think they have made considerable progress in learning when they have once overcome these; yet in reality there is no internal worth in them, and men may understand a thousand languages without being the wiser.”
“When it comes to providing aid, developing innovations and making bold steps that change the course of history, the United States is usually on the front lines.”

Source : "The World Is Moving Forward Without Us" by Seth Berkley, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 18, 2009.
“In the same way that a powerful medicine cures an illness, so illness itself is a medicine to cure passion. And there is much profit of soul in bearing illness quietly and giving thanks to God.”
“We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.”
“The nature of the Catilinarian conspiracy was bad and bloody.”
“You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up.”

Source : Chuck Yeager (1986). “Yeager: An Autobiography”, Bantam
“Mama learned to laugh with them, before they could laugh at her, and to do it so well no one could be sure what she really thought or felt.”

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