Saint Quotes · Page 15

“Sweetwater, West Virginia, a lowly site for a saint, but no lowlier than a straw-lined manger.”

— Marie Manilla

As the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods.

— Thomas Aquinas

For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.

— Therese of Lisieux

This Blood that but one drop of has the power to win all the world forgiveness of its world of sin.

— Thomas Aquinas

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

— Pope Gregory I

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

— Wei Wu Wei

Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell.

— Criss Jami

I want to be a saint, a real saint while I am young, for there is so much work to do.

— Allen Ginsberg

Of the 417 commandments, only a single one of the 417 has found ministerial obedience; multiply and replenish the earth. To it…

— Mark Twain

Blessed the one who meditates on death each day and destroys the base passions lurking in the vines of the heart, for…

— Ephrem the Syrian

These principles have been proclaimed by God, by the Church, by the Saints, by Christian reason and morals.

— Pope Pius XII

We must not love the world, nor the things of the world, until the world is sanctified and prepared to be presented…

— Brigham Young

The director, Antoine Fuqua, relies on small details, which anchor the vigilante-as-saint myth in at least a minimal degree of reality.

— David Denby

I'm not designing clothes for someone who is doing lines of coke off the table, like I was when I was at…

— Tom Ford

My grandmother would croon over every scrap of meat on a sparerib like a medieval relic hunter musing on the knucklebone of…

— Rose Quiello

“St George!’ the English shouted, but the saint must have been sleeping for he gave the attackers no help.”

— Bernard Cornwell

The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed…

— Anthony of Padua

There have been household gods and household saints and household fairies. I am not sure that there have yet been any factory…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I'm their biggest fan every Sunday they go out there and play. I'm pulling for them, for the people in New Orleans…

— Bill Cowher

I'm certainly not a saint out there on the golf course. In fact, far from it. Like when you make a three-putt…

— Bernhard Langer

It is God’s will through His wonderful grace, that the prayers of His saints should be one of the great principal means…

— Jonathan Edwards

We declare our belief in Jesus Christ and accept Him as our Savior. He will bless us and guide us in all…

— L. Tom Perry

blessing the boats (at saint mary’s) may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out…

— Lucille Clifton

Listen to the sermon preached to you by the flowers, the trees, the shrubs, the sky, and the whole world. Notice how…

— Paul of the Cross

Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit.

— Saint Lucy

My father was a saint. He was the closest thing to a saint that you can find in a normal man.

— Indira Gandhi

A person's destiny can be changed through the power of a saint.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

The world needs saints who have genius, just as a plague-stricken town needs doctors.

— Simone Weil

The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.

— Minna Antrim

Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action.

— Pope Gregory I

If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.

— Ignatius of Loyola

The saints' deep secret is this: do not seek freedom, and freedom will be given you.

— Tito Colliander

Defeat is most devastating at the moment of victory" Saint Dane

— Anonymous

“The king is a saint and cannot rule, and his son is a devil and should not.”

— Philippa Gregory

Until we have acquired genuine prayer, we are like people teaching children to begin to walk.

— Margaret Mary Alacoque

The lives of the saints are the hermeneutical key to Scripture.

— Stanley Hauerwas

The sinless One took on the face of a sinner so that we sinners could take on the face of a saint.

— Max Lucado

Silence is the greatest persecution; never do the saints keep themselves silent.

— Blaise Pascal

I like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. I have some great Balenciaga jackets and I'm shoe crazy.

— Melanie Laurent

A saint is someone whose life makes it easier to believe in God.

— William Barclay