St. Vincent Quotes

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.

Oh! how happy the man of means who uses his wealth and his life for the greater glory of God, from whom he has received them!

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom golden in the green grass, this life can be.

All comes at the proper time to him who knows how to wait.

It's as much fun to scare as to be scared.

I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.

God always gives a great blessing to humble beginnings than to those that start with the chiming of bells.

Man has ruled this world as a stumbling demented child king, long enough. And as his empire crumbles, my precious black widow shall rise as his most fitting successor.

In art, religion, and politics the respect must be mutual, no matter how violent the disagreement.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

Live your life and forget your age.

I don't play monsters. I play men besieged by fate and out for revenge.

I am painting with the same enthusiasm as a Marseillaise eats bouillabaisse ... I am painting big sunflowers.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.

Fear not; calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon.

As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward.

Do you ever rub your eyes and suddenly find you're awake and not asleep, as you'd grown to suspect you were?

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united.

We should take as a maxim never to be surprised at current difficulties, no more than at a passing breeze, because with a little patience we shall see them disappear. Time changes everything.

What is done in love is done well.

The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.

They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don't think it's possible for you to miss me as much as I'm missing you right now

So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.

I never get tired of the blue sky.

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.

Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.

Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.

The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too

My sketchbook is a witness of what I am experiencing, scribbling things whenever they happen.

Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.

Noise makes no good, good makes no noise.

The only people who don't have problems are in a cemetery.

A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.

If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.

We exponents of horror do much better than those Method actors. We make the unbelievable believable. More often than not, they make the believable unbelievable.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

If you end up falling in love with someone, it's because of them. If you end up hating someone, it's because of you.

You grow up in a Sicilian household, becoming an actor is not a big leap.

There is nothing more soul-satisfying than the first succulent bite into the juicy frankfurter.

A man who limits his interests limits his life.

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.