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"To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility."
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"Confidence is silent, cool, self-assurance."

"It is a pleasurable thing to earn the admiration of others, but it is a far better feeling to honestly admire thyself."

"The sun shines every day without being told that it is brilliant. The mountains stand tall and majestic though no one informs them of their grandeur. The winds twirl and dance with clouds, minus cheers or compliments to inspire their moves. Flowers bloom, showing off colors, long before passing smiles acknowledge any beauty. The ocean claps at its own underwater chorus without topside ears listening. What is the world trying to tell you? Be wonderful because you are. Quit waiting to be told so first."

"We all go through times of self-doubt, times when we may question our abilities and hope we can live up to the expectations of others."

"Why not to choose to believe in yourself, just to see what happens?"

"I know that I am not always right to the perception of some, but I am not daunted of being wrong. That's the effectiveness of confidence."

"Well, I can throw a mean comeback, so there's that. I will crush them on wit."

"Someone asked, "Can Anybody?" A CA replied, "Yes, and I don't think I just can, I know I will. I am a Chartered Accountant."

"True confidence is not something that can always be determined by a first impression. It may take a few interactions to detect whether a person is full of false bravado or if they are the "real McCoy."
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"Indeed if we Christians so tell our story that Judaism is silenced, then we have not spoken rightly of Christ."


"The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no expertise on anything except airports and exotic foods."


"Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe because we are able to understand the role of faith in the lives of other believers better than atheists."


"This evening I wish to suggest that we Christians should accompany people on their pilgrimages. Specifically we should travel with people as they search for the good, the true and the beautiful."


"Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty."


"Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth."


"Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not come to Church."


"What can the Church do? If she stands by her moral teaching, then she will be seen as standing in judgement over a vast percentage of Europeans."
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