"In prosperity, give thanks to God with humility and fear lest by pride you abuse God's benefits and so offend him."

-- Louis IX of France

#Humility Quotes #Pride Quotes #Giving Quotes

“When you're a young actor you like to go for characters with a bit of flair, so in many films I ended up playing the weirdos. I can assure you I'm not a psycho or a criminal or a bully.”
“The hell of it is, I know the answer. The answer is that you never, ever, rely on another person for your peace of mind. If you do, you're screwed but good. Not right away, maybe, but sooner or later. You have to -- I don't know --you have to learn to live with yourself. You have to learn to turn back your own sheets and set a table for one without feeling pathetic. You have to be strong and confident and pleased with yourself and never give the slightest impression that you can't hack it without that certain ***** someone. You have to fake the hell out of it.”
“But unlike Hillary Clinton, I know that flying is an activity, not an accomplishment.”
“As the woodpecker taps in a spiral quest From the root to the top of the tree, Then flies to another tree, So have I bored into life to find what lay therein, And now it is time to die, And I will fly to another tree.”
“Women notice details that most men don't. They notice if your belt and shoes match. They notice what kinds of foods you like to eat. They notice all the details, then make assumptions about every other area of your life based on these details.”
“The one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self.”
“I felt trapped and fabricated in the fifties living up to other people's expectations.”
“Most of these who are thrust into combat soon find it impossible to maintain the mythic perception of war.”

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