Whenever anybody called Nelson Mandela a saint, he would say: "If by saint you mean a sinner who is trying to be… — Kumi Naidoo Copy Share Image
“When St Genesius, the patron saint of actors, refused to act in a Roman play that ridiculed Christianity, the legend goes, the… — Samuel G. Freedman Copy Share Image
Many of us have a mental conception of what a Christian should be, and the lives of the saints become a hindrance… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society. — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
Every Latter-day Saint should sustain, honor, and obey the constitutional law of the land in which he lives. — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
If a supernatural power tries to make you a saint or an emperor, refuse it, because the greatest beauty of life hides… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Of the 417 commandments, only a single one of the 417 has found ministerial obedience; multiply and replenish the earth. To it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“But personally, I think [sainthood] is not so much the growth of virtue, as simply the replacement of prior vices with an… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
McQueen was daring, original, exciting. He shook up the establishment with his creativity and understood what it takes to be a great… — John Galliano Copy Share Image
There was a Saint Laurent dress that I actually had to hide from my manager. I DJ'd for part of the money,… — Daisy Lowe Copy Share Image
Now hear it, O inhabitants of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner! When our father Adam came into the garden… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
The way the team and the community embraced us when we first arrived, and the way they continue to do so, even… — Scott Fujita Copy Share Image
Really Edward Teach, Blackbeard, was actually tall, so he was literally larger than life and so he knew that and actually the… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It is possible,… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Concluding a short series on sin: It is appalling to think of a power so strong that it can annihilate with the… — Charles Brent Copy Share Image
Let's take Adam Smith, the patron-saint of capitalism, what did he think? He thought the main human instinct was sympathy. In fact,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“I will willingly abandon this miserable body to hunger and suffering, provided that my soul may have its ordinary nourishment.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You know a man can play the part of a saint just so long for a day comes when his true, his… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
Patriotism should be sought for and will be found in right living. No man can be a good Latter-day Saint and not… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Saints and ordinary folks are the same from the start. Inquiring about a difference is like asking to borrow string when you've… — Hsu Yun Copy Share Image
This is the most powerful saint which you can achieve all your dreams in life,as long you have a strong faith with… — Sky Blue Copy Share Image
You should be dynamic, and still be soft in the heart. You should stand against injustice and simultaneously, be compassionate within you,… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
To Latter-day Saints there can be no objection to the careful and critical study of the scriptures, ancient or modern, provided only… — John Andreas Widtsoe Copy Share Image
The will is free; Strong is the soul, and wise, and beautiful; The seeds of godlike power are in us still; Gods… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Now I see that God prefers to work through intermediaries - Mary and the saints. . . He wants us to pray… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
I don't deny myself food. I'm no saint. I love butter and cream, but I also eat lots of grains and fruits. — Catherine Zeta-Jones Copy Share Image
Saints cannot exist without a community, as they require, like all of us, nurturance by a people who, while often unfaithful, preserve… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
The whole idea of the prayers of the saints is that God's holiness, God's purpose, God's ways may be brought about irrespective… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
People forget that it is the eye which makes the horizon, and the rounding mind's eye which makes this or that man… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
People have forgotten what the human touch is, what it is to smile, for somebody to smile at them, somebody to recognize… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty,… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
The Saint finds her true reason for living in unconditional love and in her ability to give without asking anything in return. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd Of the Two Worlds so wisely - they are thrust Like foolish Prophets forth;… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
Saints spring and thrive most internally, when they are most externally afflicted. Afflictions are the mother of virtue. — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
I sell dreams, small comforts, sweet harmless temptations to bring down a multitude of saints crashing among the hazels and nougatines — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
“I agree that every saint has a past, but not that every sinner has a future. In this life we see a… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I am no prince. I am no saint. I am not anyones wildest dream. But I can stand behind and be someone… — Anonymous Copy Share Image