Saint Quotes · Page 13

The things that I look at include Renaissance art. I'm obsessed with churches and paintings of saints.

— Nan Goldin

Charisma is a sign of the calling. Saints and pilgrims are defiantly moved by it.

— B. W. Powe

Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily.

— Dorothy Day

If you correspond to the designs of God, He will make a saint of you.

— Paul of the Cross

All backups take their cue from Elrod Hendricks, the patron saint of erstwhile catchers.

— Stephen Rodrick

“You do not have to wait until you become a saint. [Prayer] is the way to become a saint.”

— Peter Kreeft

Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints.

— Evelyn Underhill

We are all called to be great saints, don't miss the opportunity.

— Mother Angelica

His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of…

— Teresa of Avila

He that seeks perfection upon earth leaves nothing new for the saints to find in heaven; for whilst men teach, there will…

— Frances Osborne

I like visiting peoples homes on Saint Josephs Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint,…

— Poppy Z. Brite

Old cranks have practiced all their lives, just as old saints have likewise practiced all their lives. They just practiced different life…

— John Powell

The patron saint of outlining - the bespectacled siren who sings to me from his spotless rock - is P. G. Wodehouse.

— Ben Dolnick

You cannot make a sinner into a saint by killing him. He who does not live as a saint here will never…

— Charles Spurgeon

Counting other peoples sins does not make you a saint. It's easy to judge! Howeveràjudgingàothers will not make us better people and…

— Anonymous

If I saw the gates of hell open and I stood on the brink of the abyss, I would not despair; I…

— Gemma Galgani

As you go forth and share our core beliefs and the fruits of our doctrines, misperceptions will dissolve, prejudices will diminish, and…

— Quentin L. Cook

We're not saints, any of us. Maybe somebody is, but I don't know those people. But we all know people who behave…

— Heidi Julavits

Man was the outlaw, the rebel, the distorted shape that scarred the earth, the voice that silenced the music of Eden, the…

— Taylor Caldwell

And whatsoever is repressed has to be repressed again because victory is never complete. There is no way to destroy sex by…

— Rajneesh

A thorough: miser must possess considerable strength of character to bear the self-denial imposed by his penuriousness. Equal sacrifices, endured voluntarily in…

— William Benton Clulow

The Madden NFL franchise holds a special place in popular culture and the cover is a coveted position for players all over…

— Drew Brees

I hope that I state your case fairly: One of my great fears is misrepresenting you, even to myself, now that you…

— Michael Arditti

Trench says a wild man is a willed man. Well, then, a man of will who does what he wills or wishes,…

— Henry David Thoreau

“If the saints fails to declare the truth, the Holy Spirit shall teach true words of God.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

A saint is never consciously a saint- a saint is consciously dependent on God.

— Oswald Chambers

Lord of all pots and pans and things make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates!

— Brother Lawrence

“Scum of the Earth as some may be in their daily lives, they can all be saints in emergencies.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“God Himself teaches us to go forward with our hand in His by means of the Church’s liturgy.”

— Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Adolf Hitler was a Jeanne d'Arc, a saint. He was a martyr. Like many martyrs, he held extreme views.

— Ezra Pound

Sickness has frequently been of more use to the saints of God than health has.

— Charles Spurgeon

Saints are simply men and women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God.

— Evelyn Waugh

The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones.

— Anonymous

Church is not a museum for Saints, but rather a hospital for sinners.

— Ann Landers

“You are enough to drive a saint to madness or a King to his knees. Grace Willows To Kiss a king”

— Julie Brookshier

...the dead have a way of becoming saints in the eyes of their survivors...

— Rachel Vincent

“One of the great Sufis said: 'A saint is a saint unless he knows that he is one.”

— Idries Shah

I've gone from saint to whore and back to saint again, all in one lifetime.

— Ingrid Bergman

We are not saints. We know we make mistakes, but at least our heart is with the right cause.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower