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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.

Quote by St. Francis Of Assisi about treasure, sublime, glory, poverty, sun, name, order

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona

It took the sea a thousand years, A thousand years to trace The granite features of this cliff, In crag and scarp and base. It took the sea an hour one night, An hour of storm to place The sculpture of these granite seams Upon a...

Quote by E. J. Pratt about poetry, night, woman, face

Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner...

Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do.

Quote by Edward Abbey about things

Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is associated with something that at times comes perilously near jargon.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about style, being

The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest school districts across the Nation offset these unexpected and challenging costs.

Quote by Joe Baca about school, unforeseen, nation, help

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.

Quote by Paula Abdul about art, magic, talent

Maybe if they start playing new rock bands videos, then maybe but there is no point in a guy like me spending 250 grand for a video that no one is ever going to see.

Quote by Sebastian Bach about rocks

If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about fight, children, man

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Quote by Kevin Bacon

Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can surely help the spectator in his search for identification with the vast world of natural...

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, miracle, help, beauty, nature, world

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with...

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.

Quote by Ansel Adams about philosophy, human imperfections, spirit, things, life

My grandmother was very influential in my life. She was...

My grandmother was very influential in my life. She was very religious and very systematic about her religion.

Quote by Erykah Badu about religion, life

The progress of Evolution from President Washington to...

The progress of Evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence enough to upset Darwin.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about evolution, progress

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.

Quote by John Adams about miracle, earth

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are...

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Quote by Joseph Addison about hope, happiness, love, life

One realizes how we take water for granted and how important it is to have it in order to stay alive. Beyond the drinking of it, let's not forget the hygiene.

Quote by Kim Basinger about drinking, water, order

Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act with the same motivation.

Quote by Warren Beatty about motivation, actors, children, being

My mother and my father were teachers. My grandmother and my grandfather were teachers. This is something I really know about. Even when I was a kid, it was a profession my father couldn't stay in, because he couldn't make enough money.

Quote by Warren Beatty about teachers, mother, money

My grandmother was born in Leeds - I was happy to be...

My grandmother was born in Leeds - I was happy to be accepted here. The British invasion completely won me over.

Quote by Michael Bolton about happiness

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