Catholic Quotes · Page 28

With my meager knowledge of my own religion I do not want to belong to any religious body

— Mahatma Gandhi

I'm not an evangelical, because that means that I exclude the Catholics and main-liners, and Orthodox.

— Bill Bright

Holiness doesn't mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith.

— Pope Francis

Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

— Fulton J. Sheen

My oldest son, Gary, is a seasoned minister and travels with me for ministers' conferences.

— David Wilkerson

Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit.

— Saint Lucy

Every time I could escape from Sunday church, I did, from the age of twelve until about thirty.

— Rene Girard

Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!

— Francis of Assisi

I grew up a Catholic and I dont want to talk badly about the Catholic Church but theres a lot of routine…

— Bernhard Langer

Once we take our eyes away from ourselves, from our interests, from our own rights, privileges, ambitions - then they will become…

— Mother Teresa

I read a lot on the subject and had many conversations, and I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church…

— Gabriel Byrne

I am what is known as a benched Catholic and disillusioned by the church doctrine. I believe in things the Catholic Church…

— Kitty Kelley

Having lots of members of my family who were in ministry in one form or another, I suppose it shouldn't be surprising…

— N. T. Wright

The Roman Catholic Church is for saints and sinners alone - for respectable people, the Anglican Church will do.

— Oscar Wilde

I'm not religious, but I've always been attracted to the rituals of religion; as a kid, Sunday church was the closest thing…

— Missy Mazzoli

Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest after the sacraments, the one dearest to God…

— Alphonsus Liguori

I'm able to laugh now, because I've gone through a lot of mental and physical therapy to heal over the years, my…

— Lady Gaga

I'm an agnostic in the truest sense of the word. I think about these things - I grew up Roman Catholic, I've…

— Ronald D. Moore

I protect my right to be a Catholic by preserving your right to believe as a Jew, a Protestant, or non-believer, or…

— Mario Cuomo

I was ordained into the ministry through my local church in February of 2000. I had already been doing a lot of…

— Ted DiBiase Sr

Is there an aesthetic "fit" in my work between God and the world? The "I' in my poems has from the beginning…

— Lawrence Joseph

I've known a lot of very religious people. My mother is very religious, but she was also very - is very private…

— Michael Shannon

“For Mercier, it was the ceremony of the mass that eased his soul: the sweetish smoke trailing from the censer, the ringing…

— Alan Furst

One of the great things about America is that we have the freedom to worship or not worship as we please. It…

— Karl Rove

I briefly thought of becoming a priest but quickly saw that would be ridiculous.

— Armando Iannucci

I was 13 when I was started questioning and 16 when I stopped believing in God.

— Jim Jefferies

I have never had demands on me as acute as when I was a parish priest.

— Justin Welby

“After all, eighteen years of my life had been geared toward priesthood.”

— Charles Benedict

I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.

— Saint Augustine

When I was a kid, I attended a small Catholic school in a south suburb of Chicago.

— Diablo Cody

You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect. -Matthew 24:44

— Bible

I have never fought in such a way as to say: I am the true Christian, others are not Christians.

— Soren Kierkegaard

The Catholic Church did not always teach that life begins at conception.

— Mario Cuomo

I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.

— Mika

I can't speak to the differences within the Catholic Church.

— Jacob Lew

My family for several generations have been members of the Unitarian Church.

— Leverett Saltonstall

“Divine Wisdom speaks not to the world, but to her own children.”

— Blessed John Henry Newman

I was never argued out of faith; it was much more passive than that - and I wasn't argued back in, either.

— Francis Spufford

I was brought up in the church. I knew all the right things.

— Trevor Lawrence

I was still rooting for Notre Dame.It's like there's the cultural Catholic experience.

— Jim Gaffigan