Saint Quotes · Page 26

I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!

— R. L. Stine

Recite your Rosary with faith, with humility, with confidence, and with perseverance.

— Louis de Montfort

It seems to me that I had one clear ambition: to become a Saint.

— Cherry Diaz

Each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Slowly but surly I want to strip her of every kind of happiness as to make a saint of her.

— Jean Genet

If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.

— Teresa of Avila

It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.

— Saint Francis de Sales

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

— Anthony de Mello

Many people see Eva Peron as either a saint or the incarnation of Satan. That means I definitely can identify with her.

— Madonna Ciccone

Women in drudgery knew They must be one of four: Whores, artists, saints, and wives. There are composite lives that women always…

— Muriel Rukeyser

Good morrow, 'tis Saint Valentine's Day, All in the morn betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your valentine.

— William Shakespeare

This world and the world to come are two enemies. We cannot therefore be friends to both; but we must decide which…

— Pope Clement I

It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a few heroes,…

— Walter Lippmann

Give me great sinners to make great saints! They are glorious raw material for Grace to work upon and when you do…

— Charles Spurgeon

I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.

— Whitney Houston

When the Lord fights the battles of the saints, he does it so effectually that nobody gets nervous but the enemy

— Brigham Young

Must, bid the Morn awake! Sad Winter now declines, Each bird doth choose a mate; This day's Saint Valentine's. For that good…

— Michael Drayton

When I read the documents relative to the Modernism, as it was defined by Saint Pius X, and when I compare them…

— Jean Guitton

It should be recognized that this Church is not a social club. This is the kingdom of God on the earth. It…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them…

— Pope Gregory I

The Christian's God is a God of metamorphoses. You cast grief into his bosom: you draw thence, peace. You cast in despair:…

— Sophie Swetchine

I agree with you that the communion with the invisible saints must be more of a dream than a reality. But we…

— Maltbie Davenport Babcock

Just as in a physical body the operation of one member contributes to the good of the whole body, so it is…

— Thomas Aquinas

That is again the same story played on a more subtle level. That's what the religious people have been doing down the…

— Rajneesh

“He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts God can do all things.”

— Anonymous

The true saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on takeoff.

— Dallas Willard

Sometimes I'm in the mood to wear crazy stuff, like a shirtless look with a Saint Laurent suit.

— Nick Young

I'm not going to pretend I'm some saint, because I'm not.

— Andrew Lincoln

Saint Tropez and Ibiza were the true essences of early New Romantics.

— Martin Kemp

“A shrewd sinner has many advantages over a foolish saint.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Yves Saint Laurent mascara is the best I've ever tried.

— Tina Knowles

“Thomas Merton said, “To be a saint means to be myself.”

— Stephen Adly Guirgis

“Everything about me sounds wonderful and kind. (I'm pretty much a fuckin' saint).”

— Helen Edwards

What did all the saints have in common? They feared sin more than even physical death.

— Mark Hart

I love Yves Saint Laurent. I love Chanel. And Versace! Such beautiful gowns!

— Tamala Jones

Those Saints, which God loves best, The Devil tempts not least.

— Robert Herrick

The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters were his friends, and guarded him.

— Victor Hugo

As to religion a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in god and hate a saint.

— Alexander Hamilton

Saints and martyrs had never interested Maggie so much as sages and poets.

— George Eliot

The most persuasive gospel tract is the exemplary life of a faithful Latter-day Saint.

— Gordon B. Hinckley