Blase J. Cupich Quotes

A citizen is a political and moral agent who in fact has a shared sense of hope and responsibility to others and not just to him or herself.

The era of roadside decisions, declarations have gone. My government's decisions will be guided by teamwork and consultations.

The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.

The Spirit communicating to your spirit is the most effective and fundamental of communications. Write it down. As you write down impressions of the Spirit, more are given.

God's will can become your internal reference point from this day forward; it is your choice.

I think the truth of it is that when you get down to actually having to do the things on the ground, there is only one way to do it, and that's in cooperation with the communities.

We need to have close cooperation between schools and families.

Whenever a specially important matter or a great emergency is presented before the Confederate Council and the nature of the matter affects the entire body of the Five Nations, threatening their utter ruin, then the Lords of the Confederacy must submit the matter to the decision of their people and the decision of the people shall affect the decision of the Confederate Council. This decision shall be a confirmation of the voice of the people.

From the beginning of my episcopacy, I made up my mind to do nothing on my own private opinion, without your advice and without the consent of the people.

We can’t leave the job of leadership to the leaders.

You cannot police a community without effectively working with the community.

Men and women are custodians of this society, and we both decide what's going to happen for our future. I feel that very, very strongly.

At State Bank, all decisions are collective decisions. I have created the comfort zone.

I try to remind myself not to go anywhere or do anything without asking for spiritual direction through prayer and meditation.

We've always shared everything - writing credits, all the royalties - and there's no real leader because if there was one, we'd immediately depose them.

You want someone who will challenge you back; sometimes, that's the way the best decisions get made.

I always make my decisions together with my family, my father. Of course, I hear the advice of everyone who wishes me well, but the final decision is always mine, with my family.

We don't have to wonder or drift with society; the Lord has a very strong and clear pathway of what is right and where blessings come from.

I believe that whatever I do, after I've asked for guidance and direction from God, that whatever the results, these are the results of His guidance.

I feel like personally, it's on everybody to hold each other accountable.

I think we've always thought that it's important to have a positive relationships with local government rather than taking a confrontational kind of stance.

If you are going to call out your teammates, you have to call out yourself, too. You can't just separate yourself from the rest, because if you are going to get 90 percent of the credit when you win, you have to be willing to take 90 percent of the blame when you lose.

I prayed about it consistently - that God would direct me in the right path and that, when it would happen, I would know that I'm in the right place.

We are accountable to each other; having an equitable Minnesota benefits everyone, not just the disenfranchised.

The reality is that government is a participative process.