Catholic Quotes · Page 60

Religion felt gross to me so I walked away from everything.

— Jen Ledger

Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions.

— Luke the Evangelist

I realized during my time as a chaplain that I didn't want to be a minister.

— John Green

Patience, prayer and silence-these are what give strength to the soul.

— Mary Faustina Kowalska

I'm not myself religious but have no wish to insult or denigrate those who are.

— Martin Rees

Well, I'm a Catholic by birth and you can never shed it.

— Anonymous

Sometimes I regret not being Catholic. I think I'd make a pretty good saint.

— Zach Braff

I'm fascinated by Catholic mystics, even though I grew up Mennonite in Pennsylvania.

— Denison Witmer

The reality of life in Northern Ireland is that if you were Protestant, you learned British history, and if you were Catholic,…

— James Nesbitt

I can't get divorced because I'm a Catholic. Catholics don't get divorced. They stay together through anger and hatred and festering misery,…

— Lenny Clarke

“A religion is not the church a man goes to but the cosmos he lives in; and if any sceptic forgets it,…

— G.K. Chesterton

I had this duality growing up with my dad being a strict Catholic and his brother being a priest and my mother…

— David LaChapelle

My mother desperately wanted to give her kids a wholesome environment, and we were born into a traditional Catholic family.

— Marco Rubio

At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or…

— Gareth Gates

Faith in action is love, and love in action is service. By transforming that faith into living acts of love, we put…

— Mother Teresa

I was raised as a Catholic, but I got up to go to church because I thought I'd be hit by a…

— Chuck Feeney

At age 14, my belief systems began to change about myself, about God, about humans, about values, and about moral standards. I…

— Myles Munroe

My father was very strict with me, and I kept seeing a disparity between their freedom and my lack of it, or…

— Madonna Ciccone

Learn what not to expect. Irish catholic they get sh**** little rings. Irish women get crappy rings. Baptist get the worst because…

— Joan Rivers

“It is ignoble to suggest that we go with the flow; the suggestion is repulsive to human honor alone. It is a…

— Louis Veuillot

I think that the authority of Scripture must be accepted by Catholics and Protestants, and that if our doctrinal judgments are not…

— Matthew Levering

Ninety-eight percent of women in childbearing age who are Catholic use contraception. Ok, so in practice the church has not enforced this…

— Nancy Pelosi

A person like me who has grown up in a mixed culture ought to be spiritual. My mother is a Catholic, my…

— Emraan Hashmi

We have a lot of villains in the world, all right? And the Catholic doctrine says turn the other cheek, the Christian…

— Bill O'Reilly

He who reads much and understands much, receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others.

— Ambrose

The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of…

— Liam Neeson

This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community.

— William P. Leahy

We are all born like Catholics, aren't we—in limbo, without religion, until some figure introduces us to God?

— Yann Martel

Kinsey thought that Freud in his own way was as dangerous as the Catholic Church.

— Bill Condon

I got a GED based on Catholic school seventh-grade education, really. I didn't make it that far.

— Chris Cornell

Christmas, as a practicing Catholic child, was seen as a reward for lots and lots and lots of church.

— Jenny Colgan

I am a Catholic. Basically, the Catholic religion is 'If it feels good - stop.'

— Adam Ferrara

I'm a writer of faith. I was raised Catholic, and I have a deeply Catholic imagination.

— Julianna Baggott

I have nothing against religion, I just don't believe in it.

— Anonymous

He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.

— Philip Neri

I kind of call myself an atheist, I suppose - although quite a spiritual atheist, I hope.

— Danny Boyle

“Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you.”

— Anonymous

The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of the Church is the timidity or rather the cowardice of the faithful.

— Pope Pius X

I do not pretend that all that white men do is properly Christianized...

— Anonymous

The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, stronghold in times of trouble. -Psalm 9:10

— Bible