--- title: "3 Bishops Quotes By Oscar Romero" description: "3 Bishops quotes by Oscar Romero. Plus more from Oscar Romero and more Bishops sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/oscar-romero-12365_accepting_if-god-accepts-the-sacrifice-of-my-life_1053661.png" --- > [If God accepts the sacrifice of my life, may my death be for the freedom of my people. A bishop will die,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/if-god-accepts-the-sacrifice-of-my-life-may-my-death-be-for-the/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/oscar-romero-12365_accepting_if-god-accepts-the-sacrifice-of-my-life_1053661.png) > [If some day they take the radio station away from us, if they close down our newspaper, if they don’t let us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/if-some-day-they-take-the-radio-station-away-from-us-if-they-close/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/oscar-romero-12365_banner_if-some-day-they-take-the-radio-station_1386936.jpg) > [You can tell the people that if they succeed in killing me, that I forgive and bless those who do it. Hopefully,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/you-can-tell-the-people-that-if-they-succeed-in-killing-me-that-i/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/oscar-romero-12365_bishop_you-can-tell-the-people-that-if-they-suc_2592708.png) ## Other authors on Bishops - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bishops/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-victor-hugo-93504.jpg) Victor Hugo 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bishops/victor-hugo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adolf-anderssen-9526.jpg) Ignatius of Antioch 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bishops/ignatius-of-antioch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-luther-64750.jpg) Martin Luther 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bishops/martin-luther/) ## More by Oscar Romero > [That we may give our body and our blood over to suffering and pain, like Christ - not for Self, but to give harvests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/that-we-may-give-our-body-and-our-blood-over-to-suffering-and-pain/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that will overcome the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/let-us-not-tire-of-preaching-love-it-is-the-force-that-will-overcome/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/we-may-never-see-the-end-results-but-that-is-the-difference-between/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [We suffer with those who have disappeared, those who have had to flee their homes, and those who have been tortured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/we-suffer-with-those-who-have-disappeared-those-who-have-had-to-flee/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [Dear women who are: smart, hot, awesome, in shape, love to cook, hate shopping unless it's for me, hate to talk about feelings, love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/dear-women-who-are-smart-hot-awesome-in-shape-love-to-cook-hate/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [A church that doesn't provoke any crises, a gospel that doesn't unsettle, a word of God that doesn't get under anyone’s skin, a word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/a-church-that-doesn-t-provoke-any-crises-a-gospel-that-doesn-t/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [We are prophets of a future not our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/we-are-prophets-of-a-future-not-our-own/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [When we speak for the poor, please note that we do not take sides with one social class. What we do is invite all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/when-we-speak-for-the-poor-please-note-that-we-do-not-take-sides-with/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [We must overturn so many idols, the idol of self first of all, so that we can be humble, and only from our humility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/we-must-overturn-so-many-idols-the-idol-of-self-first-of-all-so-that/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [Social sin is the crystallization ... of individuals' sins into permanent structures that keeps sin in being and makes its force to be felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/social-sin-is-the-crystallization-of-individuals-sins-into-permanent/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [Those who surrender to the service of the poor through love of Christ, will live like the grains of wheat that dies. It only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/those-who-surrender-to-the-service-of-the-poor-through-love-of-christ/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [Playing hard to get and winning all the time is starting to feel a lot like losing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/playing-hard-to-get-and-winning-all-the-time-is-starting-to-feel-a/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/when-the-church-hears-the-cry-of-the-oppressed-it-cannot-but-denounce/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [God is not satisfied with appearance. God wants the garment of justice. God wants his Christians dressed in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/god-is-not-satisfied-with-appearance-god-wants-the-garment-of-justice/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) > [It moves one's heart to think: Nine months before I was born there was a woman who loved me deeply. She did not know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-romero/it-moves-one-s-heart-to-think-nine-months-before-i-was-born-there-was/) [Oscar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-romero/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bishops/oscar-romero/#itemlist", "name": "3 Bishops Quotes By Oscar Romero", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If God accepts the sacrifice of my life, may my death be for the freedom of my people. 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