Catholic Quotes · Page 51

I don't have the sort of temperament that submits to Christianity or Islam.

— Wole Soyinka

It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense.

— Thomas Aquinas

I honestly don't know what they mean by a devout Catholic.

— Pierre Trudeau

Those who sow in tears will reap with cries of joy. -Psalm 126:5

— Bible

Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.

— Therese of Lisieux

I was born a Catholic and now I'm a lapsed Catholic. I'm something but I'm not a believer any more.

— Paul Bettany

Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to him. That is all the doing you have to worry about.

— Jane Frances de Chantal

My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.

— Joel Osteen

At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic Church bingos. Now, my dad made sure I could take care of…

— Susana Martinez

I'm Catholic. My mother and I were unpacking and she found my diaphragm. I had to tell her it was a bathing…

— Lizz Winstead

In the eyes of the Catholic Church, abortion is a tragedy. Our principle objective must be to try and win greater sympathy…

— Vincent Nichols

I come from a deeply Catholic family. My husband and I were married in a Catholic church; we decided to put our…

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I…

— Garry Wills

I went to church as a boy, and then I quite quickly stepped away from religion. But I remained fascinated by the…

— Sebastian Lelio

When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great…

— Pope Pius XI

Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it…

— Gregory of Nazianzus

When you are raised Catholic, there is one thing that you are confronted with at a young age, and that's death. You're…

— Martin Donovan

“God forbid that I should boast of being poor, gentle, and meek. But I am striving to attain these virtues. Every day…

— Jean Déchanet

Everything in New Orleans is a good idea. Bijou temple-type cottages and lyric cathedrals side by side. Houses and mansions, structures of…

— Bob Dylan

“Why does the bishop give those confirmed a slight blow on the cheek? To remind them that like Christ and the Apostles,…

— Leonard Goffiné

“I remember once in the Holy Land seeing a sign in the shape of an arrow along a road. It said, "Armageddon,…

— Benedict J. Groeschel

I don't really say, 'Is this script Catholic or not?'. But if I find it to be immoral, or it doesn't sit…

— Siobhan Fallon Hogan

I am Christian from when I was little. Because of the politics in Spain, everybody must be Christian by law. But I'm…

— Jesus Franco

Baptism does not profit a man outside unity with the Church ... For many heretics also possess this Sacrament but not the…

— Saint Augustine

I don't have any control over what other people do, and they don't represent me or my faith.

— Hamza Yusuf

I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.

— John le Carre

George W. Bush is the first Catholic president of the United States.

— Rick Santorum

You should have seen me in my Catholic school girl skirt with my knees knocking together.

— Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.

— Fulton J. Sheen

My grandmother was a church organist, but we only went on Easter and Christmas Eve sometimes.

— Zach Anner

I'm not a real religious guy. I'm a spiritual guy and my religion is love.

— Daniel Jacobs

I was fortunate enough to grow up in a Christian home and an awesome family.

— Tobin Heath

What graces, gifts and virtues the Holy Mass calls down.

— Leonard of Port Maurice

I know too much about religion to be religious, so to speak, and I am not that stupid, either.

— Varg Vikernes

I know nothing about Christianity, nothing about football, and I'm not a Republican.

— Sandra Bullock

You are my shelter; from distress you keep me; with safety you ring me round. -Psalm 32:7

— Bible

I'm neither Catholic not Protestant. Protestant sounds good but I don't think I am.

— Joseph Brodsky

Let's be clear, I'm one of the thicker bishops in the Church of England.

— Justin Welby

There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.

— Pope John Paul II

Growing up in a small town, in the Midwest, and Catholic - those are sort of three layers of repression.

— Paul Rust