How friendly we should all be ...

How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
 Teresa of Avila

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Who sows virtue reaps honor.
You must show no mercy...nor have any belief whatsoever in how others judge you...for your greatness will silence them all.
When a warrior goes down, you pick up his shield and go play in honor of him.
 Chip Kelly
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
 Christian Nestell Bovee
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
 Saint Francis de Sales

Quotes from the same author

All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
 Teresa of Ávila
They deceive themselves who believe that union with God consists in ecstasies or raptures, and in the enjoyment of Him. For it consists in nothing except the surrender and subjection of our will - with our thoughts, words and actions - to the will of God.
 Teresa of Avila
I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked.
 Teresa of Avila
If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
 Teresa of Avila
Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride.
 Teresa of Avila