John Paul Quotes

John Paul Quote of the day

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

On the ordination of women, the church has spoken and said no. John Paul II, in a definitive formulation said that door is closed.

Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord.

George W. Bush, who said to Pope John Paul II, Give us a visit, and bring the missus. Never got a dinner!

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice.

I've been blessed. I grew up and played and worked and created with the Freddie Mercury, the Jimi Hendrix, the Keith Richards, the John Paul Jones of my generation

We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul II

I already knew about this friendship between St. John Paul II and this philosopher [Ana Teresa Tymieniecka] when I was in Buenos Aires. It was known. Also her books are known.

Pope John Paul would be more popular if he called himself Pope John Paul George and Ringo.

Saint John Paul II, pray for us and especially for our youth.

Pope John Paul II not only was a powerful spiritual leader for Catholics but also a world leader of extraordinary consequence during the last quarter-century.

John Paul II made it clear that... liberation theology based on the teaching of Jesus Christ was necessary, but liberation theology that used a Marxist analysis was unacceptable.

Pope John Paul II's press secretary, who said, See, if only the Pope were Italian, he woulda shot back! Never got a dinner!

John Paul II spoke to the commoner and to the king, to the tyrant and to the democrat in that same language of freedom.

The last person to be beatified by Pope John Paul II was Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 2003.

[Pope Francis] did something that both his two predecessors had failed to do - John Paul II and Benedict. Francis met with the Russian patriarch of the Orthodox Church.

In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II.

[Without Pope John Paul II] there would be no end of Communism or at least much later, and the end would have been bloody.

Pope John Paul didn't die - he pre-boarded.

In life, as in death, Pope John Paul II was one of the most visible people on Earth.

Pope John Paul II was unquestionably the most influential voice for morality and peace in the world during the last 100 years.

I think, like Ronald Reagan, in another way, in a secular way, John Paul II was a great communicator, but he was also a man of deep conviction.

His [John Paul II] humanity, combined with his extraordinary spiritual authority, was unlike anything I've ever met.

The Catholic Church [with Pope John Paul II] has lost its shepherd. The world has lost a champion of human freedom.

Around the globe, millions more are mourning the death and celebrating the life of Pope John Paul II .Could any other world leader have drawn so many people to one place?

Pope John Paul II is the great. Only two other popes had that title. Does that suggest there is going to be a move for canonization?

Those who saw Pope John Paul II either in person or through the mass media glimpsed a man who millions of Catholics believe may be one of the greatest popes in the history of the church.

An ambassador for peace, Pope John Paul II stood steadfast against communism and condemned discrimination against all people.

10 days before the death of St. John Paul II, in that Via Crucis of Holy Friday, Joseph Ratzinger said to the whole Church that it needed to clean up the dirt of the Church.

Solidarity...is a structural value of the social doctrine, as Blessed John Paul II reminded us.

Pope John Paul II stands like a rock against all opposition in his clear enunciation of the foundational principles of the Christian faith.

John Paul II called us Jews the older brothers of Christians. He represented humanity, dialogue and reconciliation, and he laid the foundation for religions to work together.

I needed a song and I need a place to kind of get it out. John Paul [White] was there for me as a friend, and I really appreciated that because I just needed a place to go.

John Paul II was one of the greatest men of the last century. Perhaps the greatest.

Public opinion aside, it will be up to the future pope to continue John Paul II's journey to sainthood. Many of the late pope's followers believe he is already there.

I had the good fortune of living in Rome for seven years, from 1994 to 2001. So, I kind of saw firsthand the impact that Pope John Paul II had on people.

I was lucky enough to be down at the studio the day John Paul Jones came down.

John Paul to give me a shot, I'll never forget as long as I live.

The emphasis on the "peripheries" is also a distinctively "Franciscan" way of expressing the pope's respect for untutored popular piety - a respect, I might add, that was shared by St. John Paul II.

The pope has been called many things, historic figure, spiritual leader, moral force. But a growing chorus of voices has begun to refer to him as John Paul II the Great, in other words, as a saint.

The impact remains to be seen; I don't think we can measure the enduring impact of John Paul II, for example, for another hundred, perhaps two hundred, years.

Grace has a face. It is Jesus Christ.

Grace is not a little prayer you say before you eat. It is a way of life. Eph 2:8, 9

The sin of man was placed on a sinless Savior. 2 Cor. 5:21

You can stop a raging forest fire, a herd of stampeding buffalo or even a runaway freight train, but you can’t stop a good man".

The law provides expert diagnosis of our sin problem, but the law does not provide the cure to our sin problem. Only Jesus can!

Wearing your feelings on your sleeve will end up being a chip on your shoulder.

The Holy Spirit will always point people to the finish work of Jesus

There is an obsession in the Church with sin management. People think more about their sins than about their redemption through Jesus

I refuse to live life with unsettled differences”.