Saint Quotes
The Glorious Virgin did not have a stain in her birth because she was santified in her mother's womb and safeguarded there by angels.
God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.
Forgiveness is the greatest weapon, because a saint so armed is unperturbable he can give up anger immediately
In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain't.
Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.
Let us learn to skillfully draw good out of what would otherwise cause us harm.
Your example, even more than your words, will be an eloquent lesson to the world.
It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn't give to someone in greater need than we are.
It's true he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgement. Have pity in your heart and don't forget that he may yet be an Augustine, while you remain just another mediocrity.
When Zarathustra was alone . . . he said to his heart: "Could it be possible! This old saint in the forest hath not yet heard of it, that God is dead!"
I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men.
The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ which knew no sin, might have the power of Baptism.
Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.
If you say the Rosary faithfully unto death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins, 'you will receive a never-fading crown of glory'
Nobody knows if Zidane is an angel or demon. He smiles like Saint Teresa and grimaces like a serial killer.
It is loving the Cross that one finds one heart, for Divine Love cannot live without suffering.
If the road to social transformation can be paved only by saints who never make mistakes, the road will NEVER be built.
Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.
The most important single thing that any Latter-day Saint ever does in this world is to marry the right person, in the right place, by the right authority.
This world and the world to come are two enemies. We cannot therefore be friends to both; but we must decide which we will forsake and which we will enjoy.
In times of desolation, God conceals Himself from us so that we can discover for ourselves what we are without Him.
Lord of all pots and pans and things make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates!
The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.
Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?
No saint, no pope, no general, no sultan, has ever had the power that a filmmaker has; the power to talk to hundreds of millions of people for two hours in the dark.
There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
The time has now come for every Latter-day Saint ... to do the will of the Lord and to pay his tithing in full. That is the word of the Lord to you.
There is no one who is without faults, and who is not in some way a burden to others, whether he is a superior or a subject, an old man or a young one, a scholar or a dunce.
I find men terribly exciting, and any girl who says she doesn't is an anemic old maid, a streetwalker, or a saint.
Sanctity has to do with gratitude. To be a saint is to be fueled by gratitude, nothing more and nothing less.
The popular gospel of this day, is the laughing-stock of Hell; it dare neither damn the sinner, nor sanctify the saint.
Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made.
To love God as He ought to be loved, we must be detached from all temporal love. We must love nothing but Him, or if we love anything else, we must love it only for His sake.
I demand from you deeds of mercy which are to arise out of love for me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse yourself from it.
They say, "God told me", or "God replied to me". And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
When you consider all saints and prophets as legitimate and no longer differentiate between religions, you have reached the stage of true mysticism.
Let us throw ourselves into the ocean of His goodness, where every failing will be canceled and anxiety turned into love.
You won't become a saint by studying your Bible; you'll become a saint by living it.
And I myself a Catholic will be, So far at least, great saint, to pray to thee. Hail, Bard triumphant! and some care bestow On us, the Poets militant below.