Saint Quotes

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.

To so many people, the Lord is in danger of being no more than a patron saint of our systematic theology instead of the Christ Who is our life.

Pray to Saint Philomena, What ever you ask from her, She will obtain for you.

The recollection of an injury is . . . a rusty arrow and poison for the soul.

The battle against the Devil, which is the principal task of Saint Michael the Archangel, is still being fought today, because the Devil is still alive and active in the world.

Imagine your anger to be a kind of wild beast, because it has ferocious teeth and claws, and if you don't tame it, it will devastate all things even corrupting the soul.

Christ before me, Christ behind me,Christ in me.

That saint who advances on his knees never retreats.

Kierkegaard was by far the most profound thinker of the last century. Kierkegaard was a saint.

You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.

Teach the mouth to say what you have in your heart.

One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.

The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being.

I can’t reveal the mystery to either saint or sinner; I can’t state at length what I’ve said curtly; I achieve an altered state that I can’t explain; I have a secret that I cannot share.

I have never met an old saint who regretted having spent too much time in prayer, but I have met many who regretted having spent too little!

The Cross is the way to Paradise, but only when it is borne willingly.

Take a saint, and put him into any condition, and he knows how to rejoice in the Lord.

The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, but the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime.

We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.

We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.

It could be a sign of pride in your life if a word of reproof or admonition is not able to be received with the same grace, whether it be given by the poorest of saints or the most educated person.

They don't want you to wear the Saint Lauren fur, they don't want you to break App Store, they don't want you to be the biggest boss in the game. So what we go'n do is we go'n win more.

May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.

[To a priest who smoked:] What a shame for a man to dress like a saint and smell like a devil!

All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.

Happy is the soul that knows how to find Jesus in the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in all things!

God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.

Every family should have a room where Christ is welcome in the person of the hungry and thirsty stranger.

If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.

He who desires nothing but God is rich and happy.

If you embrace all things in this life as coming from the hands of God, and even embrace death to fulfill His holy will, assuredly you will die a saint.

I think the biggest misconception about me probably is ... I don't prey on the weak. I ain't a bully, but I ain't no saint, either.

Let us teach the young in the school of the fear of the Lord.

The difference between a serial killer and a saint is environment. That's a very hard thing to accept because that raises a lot of questions

The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.

The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.

Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.

All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.

The saint, we are told, once lived a life of sin - nothing spectacular, of course, just the usual things.

Saints are only sinners who keep trying.

The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not.

A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint.

Our Lord has created persons for all states in life, and in all of them we see people who who achieved sanctity by fulfilling their obligations well.

The greatness of contemplation can be given to none but those who love.

You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end!

If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg and pray for, as an alms, all that we need.

What is impossible to God? Not that which is difficult to His power, but that which is contrary to His nature.

Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained.

God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot; Follow your spirit: and upon this charge, Cry — God for Harry! England and Saint George!