Top 53 Quotes by Greg Boyle

About Greg Boyle

These are some quotes by American author Greg Boyle Clergyman, who was born on May 19, 1954.

I kinda don't do guilt. I gave it up for Lent years ago.

I kinda don't do guilt. I gave it up for Lent years ago.

Greg Boyle

Kids are different from adults. They are not as developed as far as brain science, controlling impulses, and maturity, and fall prey to all kinds of pressures.

Kids are different from adults. They are not as developed as far as brain science, controlling impulses, and maturity, and fall prey to all kinds of pressures.

Greg Boyle

The wrong idea has taken root in the world. And the idea is this: there just might be lives out there that matter less than other lives.

The wrong idea has taken root in the world. And the idea is this: there just might be lives out there that matter less than other lives.

Greg Boyle

I know two L.A.s. Half my life was around the house my folks had for 46 years at 3rd and Norton. The other half was in Boyle Heights on the Eastside, working with gang members.

I know two L.A.s. Half my life was around the house my folks had for 46 years at 3rd and Norton. The other half was in Boyle Heights on the Eastside, working with gang members.

Greg Boyle

I work with gang members, and I feel a kind of affinity and gift, even. But who would've thunk it, you know? I mean, I didn't anticipate it.

I work with gang members, and I feel a kind of affinity and gift, even. But who would've thunk it, you know? I mean, I didn't anticipate it.

Greg Boyle

The employer is not going to choose the gang member who's just been released from prison: they're going to choose the person with the skills.

The employer is not going to choose the gang member who's just been released from prison: they're going to choose the person with the skills.

Greg Boyle

At its best, an injunction creates a kind of vigilant heat that moves kids toward the light.

At its best, an injunction creates a kind of vigilant heat that moves kids toward the light.

Greg Boyle

Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society.

Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society.

Greg Boyle

We need the disruption of categories that lead us to abandon the difficult, the disagreeable, and the least likely to go very far.

We need the disruption of categories that lead us to abandon the difficult, the disagreeable, and the least likely to go very far.

Greg Boyle

You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent, the surly and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear.

Greg Boyle

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