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Fulton J. Sheen
American
Clergyman
About the author
Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.
Fulton J. Sheen,
American
Clergyman
#Love
#Self
Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.
Fulton J. Sheen,
American
Clergyman
#Love
#Flattery
The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.
Fulton J. Sheen,
American
Clergyman
Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?
Fulton J. Sheen,
American
Clergyman
#Love
#Heart
#Feet
#Service
#Giving
Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.
Fulton J. Sheen,
American
Clergyman
#Pride
#Weakness
#Competition
The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.
Fulton J. Sheen,
American
Clergyman
#Man
#Blessings
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
Fulton J. Sheen,
American
Clergyman
#Genius
#Mediocrity
#Tribute
#Jealousy
Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.
Fulton J. Sheen,
American
Clergyman
#Life
#Thought
#Deed
It's like being a Knight of the Garter. It's an honor, but it doesn't hold up anything.
Fulton J. Sheen,
American
Clergyman
#Honor
#Being
#Knight
I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Fulton J. Sheen,
American
Clergyman
#Time
#Writers
#Tribute
Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
Fulton J. Sheen,
American
Clergyman
#Death
#Being
#Hearing