Saint Quotes · Page 24

Art and the saints are the greatest apologetics for our faith.

— Pope Benedict XVI

Do not be afraid to be the saints of the new mellineum!

— Pope John Paul II

“You were always such a saint...and now you're lost.”

— Bree Despain

All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.

— Thomas Becket

I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints.

— Albert Camus

Only saints can save the world. And only our own sins can stop us from being saints.

— Peter Kreeft

The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .

— Vincent de Paul

Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you are…

— Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

He [Gandhi] was not one of those saints who are marked out by their phenomenal piety from childhood onwards, nor one of…

— George Orwell

“The saint is the apology for the Christian religion. He is holy, however, because he allows Christ to live in him and…

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

“The sinner searches forever after a sign to prove it is worth his while to recant. I should know: I have been…

— Martin Booth

Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.

— St. Catherine of Siena

This is really an opportunity to mobilize a new generation of scholars and pastors not just to equip the saints but also…

— William A. Dembski

The highest degree of meekness consists in seeing, serving, honoring, and treating amiably, on occasion, those who are not to our taste,…

— Saint Francis de Sales

One of the most persistent images in American urbanism is that of the proverbial city on a hill, as first envisioned on…

— Martin Filler

The worst isn't the last thing about the world. It's the next to the last thing. The last thing is the best.…

— Frederick Buechner

My political opinions lean more and more to anarchy. The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men.…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“O.K. he's crazy. But he's a saint too." "He scares me, I don't like him." "He scares me. What the hell-he knows."…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Here learn the science of the Saints: All is to be found in the passion of Jesus. Make every effort to remain…

— Paul of the Cross

A saint is simply a human being whose soul has ... grown up to its full stature, by full and generous response…

— Evelyn Underhill

The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and…

— Philip Neri

My very first gig was with the Sex Pistols, and it was also our first-ever gig. It was a very short set,…

— Steve Jones

Dorothy Day, of blessed memory, did not like to be called (as she often was, for good reason) a saint, because it…

— William Stringfellow

Saint John Paul II, pray for us and especially for our youth.

— Pope Francis

I don't know whether you are a saint or a fool" said my lawyer. I replied "Is there a difference?

— Frank Lloyd Wright

When they call you a saint, it means basically that you are not to be taken seriously.

— Dorothy Day

The test of the life of a saint is not success, but faithfulness in human life as it actually is.

— Oswald Chambers

Don't neglect your spiritual reading. - Reading has made many saints.

— Josemaria Escriva

You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.

— Therese of Lisieux

I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.

— Sophie Swetchine

“If I was the pope, I'd've made Mrs. de Roo a saint. On the spot.”

— David Mitchell

Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn't affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.

— Brendan Behan

Looks like it's time to liven up this dead little town!" - Saint Dane (The Reality Bug)

— Anonymous

I will be kind to everybody, particularly to those whom I find troublesome.

— Anthony Mary Claret

The saint and the sinner are twin brothers...one was born but the moment before the other.

— Khalil Gibran

Those that say they despise riches are saints or liars.

— Austin O'Malley

It is very odd that Nature should be so unscrupulous. She is no saint . . .

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When two great saints meet, it's a humbling experience.

— Paul McCartney

You don't become a saint by comparing yourself to a sinner.

— Mark Hart