Nadia Bolz-Weber quote: "The movement in our relationship to God is always from God to us. Always. We can't, through our piety or goodness, move closer to God. God is always coming near to us. Most especially in the Eucharist and in the stranger."

God’s grace is a gift that is freely given to us. We don’t earn a thing when it comes to God’s...
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER

The Kingdom of God is a tricky concept, and I was always taught it referred to our heavenly reward f...
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER

I've never fully understood how Christianity became quite so tame and respectable, given its origins...
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER

From my father I heard only these words: "But you were born for such a day as this." He closed the b...
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER

There are some Christians who talk about the rapture as if the good people in heaven will be given t...
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER

That's the crazy thing about Christianity — the idea that the finite can contain the infinite....
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER

No one is climbing the spiritual ladder. We don't continually improve until we are so spiritual we n...
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER

God's grace is not defined as God being forgiving to us even though we sin. Grace is when God is a s...
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER

But inevitably, when I can't harm the people who harmed me, I just end up harming the people who lov...
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER

The books written by Paul Valéry, Walter Benjamin, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Marshall McLuhan, Gilles De...
NORBERT BOLZ

Julia Child wasn't afraid to have fun. She made fantastic food but knew how to have a good time ...
NADIA GIOSIA

I grew up in a food-obsessed Italian family, so food was always front and center in my life. I was a...
NADIA GIOSIA

Often with television, particularly with lifestyle entertainment, they really try and box you in.
NADIA GIOSIA

You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary; we're not placing little matchsti...
NADIA GIOSIA

You don't just turn on a camera and do a cooking show. If you want to go somewhere with somethin...
NADIA GIOSIA

My parents immigrated from Italy and spent 40 days and 40 stinking nights on a boat so we didn't...
NADIA GIOSIA

We got Martha Stewart legitimizing homemaking for her generation, and then there's this return t...
NADIA GIOSIA

First and foremost, you've got to make yourself happy. Essentially being who you are is the most...
NADIA GIOSIA

I work out four to five days a week, alternating three workouts.
NADIA GIOSIA

You don't have to look far to taste some of the best food the world has to offer. I'd pit my...
NADIA GIOSIA

North America was ready for something other than a vanilla cooking show and we were providing the do...
NADIA GIOSIA

Dinner is often a stew of beans or legumes, which are awesome for dieting; they give you that meaty ...
NADIA GIOSIA

I did skit comedy online for many years, beginning around 2001. Around 2006 I started watching a lot...
NADIA GIOSIA

I was a ravenous child. I'm a ravenous adult. I love to eat.
NADIA GIOSIA

I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans maki...
NADIA GIOSIA

'Shkoff' is to eat. 'Shkiaff' is to slap. Like, 'Gettouttahere I'm gonna giv...
NADIA GIOSIA

Just because one likes to cook up a great meal or decorate their home doesn't mean they have to ...
NADIA GIOSIA

I eat vegetarian a lot. I buy only fresh ingredients and cook from scratch - that way, when I feel l...
NADIA GIOSIA

I believe that anyone can cook a great meal. Basically all you need to do is get your hands on some ...
NADIA GIOSIA

I always have a good quality extra virgin olive oil. A cheap quality oil will end up cheapening your...
NADIA GIOSIA

Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
NADIA GIOSIA

I eat mostly vegetarian. I love meat, but I think it should be enjoyed on occasion - like cheesecake...
NADIA GIOSIA

People are complex. You can be smart and still look hot. You can be a punk rocker yet have a refined...
NADIA GIOSIA

Exercising with a trainer makes my quality of life go through the roof.
NADIA GIOSIA

I thought I was going to retire at 20, and I was going to be a surgeon.
NADIA COMANECI

Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic,...
NADIA COMANECI

Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.
NADIA COMANECI

I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment.
NADIA COMANECI

We only had white socks in Romania. But when I used to come back from the States, I used to bring ba...
NADIA COMANECI

I know my life story sounds too extraordinary to be true.
NADIA COMANECI

I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.
NADIA COMANECI

Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competiti...
NADIA COMANECI

I'm not a dreamer for, you know, 'I want to go to the moon someday.' I accomplished some...
NADIA COMANECI

I come from a wonderful country with wonderful people.
NADIA COMANECI

I hoped to win a medal and hoped it would be gold. I knew I was good but didn't know I would be ...
NADIA COMANECI

One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.
NADIA COMANECI

It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top.
NADIA COMANECI

I wanted to have a free life.
NADIA COMANECI

I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with thei...
NADIA COMANECI

You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.
NADIA COMANECI

When you go out of your country and meet people, you get a wider perspective.
NADIA COMANECI

If I have a feeling of not trusting, I don't get too close.
NADIA COMANECI

Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don't lose the passion and the love for w...
NADIA COMANECI

Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and tr...
NADIA COMANECI

Maybe that's why I like gymnastics - because I like to fly.
NADIA COMANECI

Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of ...
NADIA BOULANGER

Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.
NADIA BOULANGER

Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpi...
NADIA BOULANGER

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
NADIA BOULANGER

I would love to play 'Wonder Woman'; I have the abilities and the strength because I am defi...
NADIA BJORLIN

Most actors don't grow up with sweet, vanilla parents.
NADIA BJORLIN

You try not to become so emotionally attached to your character, but you do.
NADIA BJORLIN

My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
NADIA BJORLIN

Showbiz can be cruel.
NADIA BJORLIN

I believe in 'soulmates,' especially growing up and seeing how much my parents loved each ot...
NADIA BJORLIN

My family understands the pain of struggling with a loved one who's suffering from a blood-relat...
NADIA BJORLIN

I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playin...
NADIA ALI

I love music in general. It's like girls and their clothes and shoes; when you love shoes, you l...
NADIA ALI

I believe the most attractive thing about a guy is his personality and the way he views the world. I...
NADIA ALI

The advice I would give to girls from Eastern backgrounds who are interested in the arts is that it ...
NADIA ALI

I love the Middle East and have been lucky enough to visit a few of the countries like Egypt, Lebano...
NADIA ALI

As a person, I believe that I am sensitive, which helped me be the artist I am.
NADIA ALI

I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
NADIA ALI

I am definitely a spiritually centered person and that is usually one of my biggest guiding lights b...
NADIA ALI

Personal relationships are usually my biggest inspirations for writing my songs. The best way for me...
NADIA ALI

I think being an Asian woman has been more of an advantage than a disadvantage. It helps me stand ou...
NADIA ALI

Since I was a child, I always loved music that made me want to dance. As a teenager, I used to dance...
NADIA ALI

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
NADIA BOULANGER

I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for ...
NADIA BOULANGER

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
NADIA BOULANGER

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
NADIA BOULANGER

IT IS BY CHOICE AND NOT BY CHANCES THAT WE CHANGE OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
NADIA SAHARI

I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a...
NADIA COMANECI

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in ...
NADIA BOULANGER

What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me.
NADIA COMANECI

I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As fo...
NADIA BOULANGER

My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment.
NADIA COMANECI

I think that when you are on a four-inch balance beam, you don't care about laughing or smiling ...
NADIA COMANECI

People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality....
NADIA COMANECI

It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
NADIA COMANECI

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only...
NADIA COMANECI

I'm addicted to laughing. I go to see a lot of comedy shows. I'm addicted to playing really ...
NADIA GIOSIA

I think I've always wanted to be different from everybody else. I get really annoyed when I do s...
NADIA ALI

My son was killed in a war without honor for the sake of lies.
NADIA MCCAFFREY

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.
NADIA COMANECI

You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.
NADIA COMANECI

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him,...
NADIA BOULANGER

It was my mother who got me involved in gymnastics, sending me to classes when I was six just to sto...
NADIA COMANECI

Nothing's ever simple. I just don't want you to ignore possibilities out of fear. Sometimes you have...
NADIA LEE

The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One ...
NADIA BOULANGER

Fiction, if done right, can bridge cultural divides. Stories can be a footpath for a reader to step ...
NADIA HASHIMI

I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I...
NADIA COMANECI

As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.
NADIA COMANECI

I didn't know I wanted to be a gymnast; I was just introduced to the gym. I loved the place beca...
NADIA COMANECI

Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The his...
NADIA BOULANGER

I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for co...
NADIA BOULANGER

The essential [conditions] of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
NADIA BOULANGER

I knew it would be tough, especially because Patty is playing in great form, ... But I beat her two ...
NADIA PETROVA

I'm very happy, it was a good mental win. When I went on today, I was certain about my arm and was n...
NADIA PETROVA

Little distractions were quite annoying. I can almost tell you the phone number she was giving on th...
NADIA PETROVA

We had break points, we had really bad points. We had a lot of unforced errors. It was a very tough ...
NADIA PETROVA

When she came back,
NADIA PETROVA

I had everything in my hands. I had 40-15 up. I felt if I could get the game, I would win the match.
NADIA PETROVA

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way...
NADIA COMANECI

It's a new chapter in our lives. I'm happy. It kind of makes my life and Bart's life and our family'...
NADIA COMANECI

I had more pressure when I competed in Moscow. I had no pressure in Montreal because I only went to ...
NADIA COMANECI

This was the point, when I got really nervous, ... Being so close to my first title made my legs dis...
NADIA PETROVA

I made the cover of 'Sports Illustrated,' 'Newsweek' and 'Time' all in one w...
NADIA COMANECI

Even righteousness is an ambiguous thing.
NADIA HASHIMI

The heart knows the immensity it wants to achieve, but it is limited.
NADIA SCRIEVA

A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty
NADIA BOULANGER

Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so
NADIA BOULANGER

Love does not have gender. Love is not exclusive! Our hearts have the capacity to love so many peopl...
NADIA SCRIEVA

I thought celebrity meant Hollywood, that's it. I began to see that does include Olympians. Peop...
NADIA COMANECI

I wasn't allowed to leave Romania. That made me mad. You just want your freedom. You want your s...
NADIA COMANECI

Victory is always bittersweet.
NADIA SCRIEVA

It's a new chapter in our lives. I'm happy. It kind of makes my life and Bart's life and our familie...
NADIA COMANECI

Usually in a parade you have a grand marshal. Well, we don't just have one grand marshal, we have th...
NADIA SKERTICH

It's really hard with this weather. You just do whatever you need to. Unfortunately, with the wind y...
NADIA PETROVA

It was extremely hot out there today and very hard to recover after long points, ... I was feeling l...
NADIA PETROVA

Sybille played great tennis today. But I am happy that I won and went through to the semis, ... I wa...
NADIA PETROVA

I just tried to ignore him completely. I didn't look at his side once.
NADIA PETROVA

I do have a couple of people. I have someone in Germany that I like to try out. I heard good things ...
NADIA PETROVA

The fans had become used to looking toward the scoreboard whenever a gymnast stuck a landing. You co...
NADIA COMANECI

I did not even look at the scoreboard when my routine was done in 1976.
NADIA COMANECI

Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard coul...
NADIA COMANECI

Ceausescu thought I had only a few medals, but I have a room full of them in Bucharest, between 150-...
NADIA COMANECI

Definitely it's going to be very exciting and I'm very happy I've played lots of matches on clay so ...
NADIA PETROVA

I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
NADIA COMANECI

Elle avait un don, une aptitude particulière pour vous donner à voir ce qui vous avait échappé, ...
NADIA HASHIMI

Kematian, adalah peristiwa tercepat, yang menjadikan segala tinggal sejarah.
ASMA NADIA

Perempuan, Kau pasti tahu sakitnya cinta yg tak terkatakan.Cinta yg hanya mampu didekap dlm bungkam,...
ASMA NADIA

Di setiap udara yang kau temukan, Di sana akan kau jumpai Allah yang senantiasa mendengar doamu
ASMA NADIA

Allah, bersama-Mu tak ada jalan buntu
ASMA NADIA

Don’t you dare come into my world and tell me what color the ocean is! It’s black. Black as midn...
NADIA SCRIEVA

It's never easy to leave one's home, especially when there are only closed doors ahead of you.
NADIA HASHIMI

We have a lot of our returning favorites that always participate with us, and we have a lot of new g...
NADIA SKERTICH

In the beginning it was difficult. I haven't been playing well.
NADIA PETROVA

We are here because after this it could be the whole of Yesha and we are here to stop it at the sour...
NADIA MATAR

Reactions to my coming forward as a candidate have been positive and supportive.
NADIA BAKHURJI

It is not true that good can only follow from good and evil only from evil, but that often the oppos...
MAX WEBER

The nation is burdened with the heavy curse on those who come afterwards. The generation before us w...
MAX WEBER

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his po...
MAX WEBER

One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of ...
MAX WEBER

I am under the impression that in nine out of ten cases I deal with windbags who do not fully realiz...
MAX WEBER

Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year...
EBERHARD WEBER

When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance.
EBERHARD WEBER

There are always some doubts when you do a new album though. You wonder whether you succeeded or not...
EBERHARD WEBER

The way to compose for me is to have lots of time.
EBERHARD WEBER

Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot ...
EBERHARD WEBER

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to cond...
EBERHARD WEBER

It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a de...
EBERHARD WEBER

In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found...
EBERHARD WEBER

If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not g...
EBERHARD WEBER

I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the cove...
EBERHARD WEBER

I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I devel...
EBERHARD WEBER

I played cello in my high school orchestra.
EBERHARD WEBER

I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze th...
EBERHARD WEBER

When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It'...
EBERHARD WEBER

The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be ...
EBERHARD WEBER

Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn...
EBERHARD WEBER

At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player becau...
EBERHARD WEBER

As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about ei...
EBERHARD WEBER

On the other hand, I'm very tolerant as well. I expect that everybody can play what they want. I...
EBERHARD WEBER

It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point.
EBERHARD WEBER

I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff.
EBERHARD WEBER

They never saw their family again.
ALAIN WEBER

To me as a man, and as an educator, it is so incredibly important that we do not forget.
ALAIN WEBER

I could see she had a great deal of pride in what I am doing, but she still questions it.
ALAIN WEBER

You early on become very conscious of certain things. Others were talking about religion. We were no...
ALAIN WEBER

Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards.
MAX WEBER

Les personnages de nos autres vies sont des fantômes que la littérature fait revivre.
OLIVIER WEBER

Tisiphone stood silent and helpless in Alicia's mind. It was all she could do to keep Alicia's blind...
DAVID WEBER

Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps...
MAX WEBER

You are stuck with me till the world falls to pieces, and if we’re not still standing even then we...
OTTILIE WEBER

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by...
MAX WEBER

No sociologist should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quit...
MAX WEBER

God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him still more if he f...
JENNY WEBER

Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordinati...
MAX WEBER

If only Coca-Cola had had the kind of message to accompany its addictive deliciousness that Fox News...
STEVEN WEBER

Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less i...
STEVEN WEBER

The irony is that the people we tend to vote for actually look down on voters and voting. That's...
STEVEN WEBER

Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of...
MAX WEBER

The modern view of criminal justice, broadly, is that public concern with morality or expediency dec...
MAX WEBER

It is not okay for someone you like to treat you poorly and then pretend it didn’t happen, making ...
SHANNON WEBER

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by...
MAX WEBER

He thinks you're pretty." Genevieve yawned. "Guys always think you're pretty."

"Well peop...
OTTILIE WEBER

I love to cook and really enjoy cleaning my house. People always tease me about getting a maid. My g...
AMY WEBER

I thought as a millennium project it would be fun ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ to have all the peo...
BERNARD WEBER

The movement in our relationship to God is always from God to us. Always. We can't, through our piety or goodness, move closer to God. God is always coming near to us. Most especially in the Eucharist and in the stranger.

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The movement in our relationship to God is always from God to us. Always. We can't, through our piety or goodness, move closer to God. God is always coming near to us. Most especially in the Eucharist and in the stranger.

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