One of the qualities of a leader is mercy.
—Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
—Epictetus, Greek philosopher

In my deepest wound I saw Your glory, and it dazzled me.
—Saint Augustine, Confessions

During this sacred season, let us look upon ourselves as on the Mount with Jesus—learning his love and his fear—unlearning ourselves, and growing up unto him.
—Saint John Henry Newman

The processes of growth are gradual, bearing fruit in a decade, not a day.
—John F. Kennedy

Just as love is a verb, so is faith.
—Nannie Helen Burroughs, social activist, black women’s labor organizer

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
—Willie Nelson

The beatitudes say, "Blessed are the poor." They don't say, "Blessed are those who care for the poor."
—Henri Nouwen

To be “fishers of men” is the church’s deepest mission and joy.
—Bishop Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.
—Samuel Smiles

I, the fiery life of divine wisdom, I ignite the beauty of the plains, I sparkle the water, I burn in the sun, and the moon, and the stars.
—Hildegard of Bingen

The Body of Christ was never meant to be lived alone.
—Matthew West, Christian musician