Be humble and you will never be disturbed. It is very difficult in practice because we all want to see the result… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
My father was Catholic, my mom Baptist, so we were raised Baptist but had a lot of Catholic upbringing: fish on Fridays,… — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
Always remain close to the Catholic Church, because it alone can give you true peace, since it alone possesses Jesus in the… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
“At that point in time, the need to be myself had become a competing desire with my priesthood, but I didn’t quite… — Charles Benedict Copy Share Image
Who provides the love and a path to reconciliation? It's not Planned Parenthood; it's the Catholic Church, the other Christian churches, and… — Chris Smith Copy Share Image
If you're brought up Catholic, you're convinced of magic at a very early age. You're convinced the world isn't entirely real, which… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
I owe a great deal to the church for everything in which I believe. I am very glad that I was brought… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Please receive in the name of the Spanish government and the people of Spain our warmest congratulations for your election as Supreme… — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Copy Share Image
I was raised in a little church, the Grundy Methodist Church, that was very straight-laced, but I had a friend whose mother… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
As Lent is the time for greater love, listen to Jesus' thirst...'Repen t and believe' Jesus tells us. What are we to… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“The Rochester group [of VOTF], however, was met with some concern as they found it hard to believe my account as it… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
My father was Catholic, and my mother wanted me to go to Catholic school. That's what I did in first grade. But… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
It goes without saying that a good Catholic novel should be good craftsmanship, good writing skills. The creative person must always be… — Michael O'Brien Copy Share Image
It is time that the Protestant Church, the Church of the Son, should be one again with the Roman Catholic Church, the… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Be humble in this life, that God may raise you up in the next. Be truly moderate and do not punish or… — Stephen I of Hungary Copy Share Image
For reasons I can't remember, my family eventually stopped attending church, and I started questioning the Catholic Church's beliefs. I dabbled a… — Ann Hood Copy Share Image
I was an altar boy in the Roman Catholic Church and no priest ever laid a hand on me. That's me, always… — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
I live on the same block where I grew up. We belong to the same parish where I was baptized. Janesville is… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Glorious the northern lights astream; Glorious the song, when God's the theme; Glorious the thunder's roar: Glorious hosanna from the den; Glorious… — Christopher Copy Share Image
Be a Catholic: When you kneel before an altar, do it in such a way that others may be able to recognize… — Maximilian Kolbe Copy Share Image
Oh, yes, I taught 13 and a half years. I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
How can it be that the homosexual movement, at one or two percent of the population, gets treated with such solicitude while… — William Barr Copy Share Image
Be obedient to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was in the flesh to the Father, and the apostles… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I read a lot of G.K. Chesterton. It was a fairly conventional intellectual path to the Catholic church, I would say. — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
I had to learn to navigate the political and religious currents in a state where Mormonism dominates despite not being Mormon. — Ron Stallworth Copy Share Image
I grew up in church. My mom's a minister, and my grandmother was an ordained minister. I was always very mindful of… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
“It had remained a mystery to me, a catholic magic, i suppose. Faith is the best Googly one can bowl: God, the… — APORVAKALA Copy Share Image
I hate dogma in any form. I hated it in the Catholic Church and Girl Scout troops of the 1950s, and I… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I knew from the age of four that I wanted to preach. I didn't even consider it strange that grown people were… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
People are hungry for God. Do you see that? Quite often we look but do not see. We are all passing through… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I knew that I had to be a preacher. I had to be a minister, which was a puzzle to me because… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
It was my first impulse, but I chose to play the priest as a true believer who was an absolute man of… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a priest. I could have done that. I wanted to be a doctor. I could have done that.… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Whenever the clergy were at the elbow of the civil arm, no matter whether they were Catholic or Protestant, persecution was the… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
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