We should let God be the One to praise us and not praise ourselves. For God detests those who commend themselves. Let… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
And the revelation was a little like what saints receive on mountains - a further chapter in the history of the mystery. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
“And anyway, it has been my experience that what makes us the saints of God is not our ability to be saintly… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
She felt that she would have to be much more than just a doctor or an engineer. She would have to be… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Holy people glory, not in their holiness, but in Christ's cross; for the holiest saint is never more than a justified sinner… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Through all ages, great saints have remained as living proof that this non-temporary, permanent state of God consciousness can be revived in… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
Alongside the statement about one man's poison being another man's high, one might as well add that one man's saint can be… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
In short, the Gaon was a one-sided, severe ascetic, and would never have deserved the title of a good father, a good… — Solomon Schechter Copy Share Image
I never abandoned Yves Saint Laurent. I used to have lunch with him twice a week. I also saw him every Saturday.… — Pierre Berge Copy Share Image
We cannot escape the conclusion that because of performance in the pre-existence some of us are born as Chinese, some as Japanese,… — Mark E. Petersen Copy Share Image
One day she told me that they'd decided that my gender was divvied into two neat piles-Men and Guys. Basically, all the… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
The bad boy image is something given to me by the media. I have been in relationships earlier, even for as long… — Yuvraj Singh Copy Share Image
It does not matter the circumstances, trials, or challenges that might surround us; an understanding of the doctrine of Christ and His… — Benjamin De Hoyos Copy Share Image
To those who would submit to the rightful law and authority, all gentleness and forbearance; but to the petulant and persistent secessionists,… — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“I understood this man was a Saint," he said. "Something even rarer," said Dr. Urbino, "An atheistic saint. But those are matters… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
To be a saint is to be a little out of one's mind, which is a very good thing to be a… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
There are the saints of every day, the 'hidden' saints, a sort of 'middle class of holiness'... to which we can all… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
You don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, 'Lord, I… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven. — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, but the manufacture of a saint is the task of a… — Alan Redpath Copy Share Image
And sometimes people say, 'Oh well, we all descend from Adam and Eve.' But do you descend from Charlemagne directly? Do you… — Princess Michael of Kent Copy Share Image
Mother Teresa, the nun who in the last century dedicated her long life to helping the poor, is now a saint. — Rachel Martin Copy Share Image
Others too would occasionally entertain and privately express such doubts; though we all had been most solemnly warned by the cruel murder… — Maria Monk Copy Share Image
When people call me God, I say, no, I'm still an angel or saint of acting. I still have a long way… — Shahrukh Khan Copy Share Image
To so many people, the Lord is in danger of being no more than a patron saint of our systematic theology instead… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All is the Self or Brahman. The saint, the sinner, the lamb, the tiger, even the murderer, as far as they have… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The saint is hilarious when he is crushed with difficulties because the thing is so ludicrously impossible to anyone but God. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins. — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
Honest men live on charity in their age; the almshouses are full of men who never stole a copper penny. Honest men… — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
When our hands have touched spices, they give fragrance to all they handle. Let us make our prayers pass through the hands… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
We do not need heaven-born saints but just earth-born seekers who believe in peace and want to live in peace. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
Over the trackless past, somewhere, Lie the lost days of our tropic youth, Only regained by faith and prayer, Only recalled by… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Let every Latter-day Saint give value received for everything he gets, whether it be in work, or whatever he does. — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
Before prayer, endeavor to realize whose Presence you are approaching, and to whom you are about to speak. We can never fully… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
There are those that even God exploits, and they are prophets and saints in the vacuousness of the world. — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
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