Quotes about Repair

I think America is in trouble, but it's not beyond repair. But it's going to take leadership who sees the greatness of this country and who believes that, once again, we can be one nation under God.

Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy?

Remember that quick fix is a mirage. Building and repairing relationships takes time. If you become impatient with his apparent lack of response or his seeming ingratitude, you may make huge withdrawals and undo all the good you've done. "After all we've done for you, the sacrifices we've made, how can you be so ungrateful? We try to be nice and you act like this. I can't believe it!

Love, when it is a sacred quest, is a space of resurrection and repair. It does more than help us survive a soulless world; it helps us to transform.

Money and machines anesthetize neediness. They put us in charge, in control. As long as the money holds out and the machines are in good repair, we don't need to pray.

I lived, while 1 1/2 million Jewish children died. So I have an obligation to repair the world.

It is easier to mend neglect than to quicken love.

Help us to never cast aside the whole relationship just because it has developed a nonworking part.

You cannot build a superstructure on a cracked foundation.

Man has no ability to repair this damaged planet. The flaw in human nature is too great. God is our only hope!

For we all are dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending..

When you can step back at moments like these and see what is happening, when you watch people you love under fire or evaporating, you realize that the secret of life is patch patch patch. Thread your needle, make a knot, find one place on the other piece of torn cloth where you can make one stitch that will hold. And do it again. And again. And again.