#strengthen

I've learned that there is no currency like trust and no catalyst like hope. There is nothing worse for building relationships than pandering, on one hand, and preaching, on the other. And the most important quality we must all strengthen in ourselves is that of a deep human empathy, for that will provide the most hope of all--and the foundation for our collective survival. ↗

— Jacqueline Novogratz

#introspection #society #strengthening-relationships #relationship

God's relationship with man does not work in a way in which man stumbles and then God has to drop what he is doing in order to lift him up; rather, man stumbles so that God can lift him up. Hence it is utterly impossible to truly diminish his glory. ↗

— Criss Jami

#failure #falling #glory-of-god #god #healing

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort. ↗

— John Ashcroft

#capacity #effort #need #our #strengthen

People understand we're on the doorstep of doing something really historic that will help the American people and strengthen our country for the long run. ↗

— David Axelrod

#american people #country #doing #doorstep #help

As far as the international issues are concerned, the most important thing is the state of the transatlantic relationships, Euro-Atlantic relationships: how to develop them and how to strengthen them further. ↗

— Marek Belka

#concerned #develop #far #further #how

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected. ↗

— Josh Billings

#come #corrected #most #opinions #own

By strengthening the economy, providing job opportunity and meeting the needs of working families, we can ensure the continued prosperity of our nation. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

#economy #ensure #families #job #meeting

Well, the research into it affected me. And the novel, it very much strengthened my faith. ↗

— William Peter Blatty

#faith #into #me #much #novel

Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonstrate through their actions how much they value their children's education. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#better #children #communities #demonstrate #drop

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is all there is. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#books #both #failure #fatal #good