Alexian Brothers

The Congregation of Alexian Brothers is a Catholic Order who live in community and participate in the ministry of healing.

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Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.

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God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" ~William A. Ward

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Should all people suddenly become wise, mature & well controlled, there would be nobody left to write about, laugh about & sympathize with

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"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."

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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~William Arthur Ward

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We need to accept who we are and then we will be happier. We are our worst enemies.

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"Love is a force that connects us to every strand of the universe..." - Emily Hilburn Sell

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Think of how you can assist on a problem, not who to blame.

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Accept everything about yourself-I mean everything. You are you & that is the beginning & the end--no apologies, no regrets -Clark Moustakas

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"Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding."

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The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective. By Al Neuharth

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To effectively communicate we must realize that we're all different in the way we perceive the world.

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If I speak in tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only sounding a gong or a clanging cymbal. —1 Corinthians 13:1

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Hundreds of candles can be lit from one candle & the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

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It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can. ~Sydney Smith

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Children are one third of our population and all of our future.
~Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981

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“I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.” ~Mother Teresa

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We all must try to be the best person we can by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given -Mary Lou Retton

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Usually the smarter you are the more you realize how little you really know and how much more there is out there to learn.

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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
—Aristotle