Catholic Quotes · Page 51

The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.

— Pope John Paul II

Jews wait for the Lord, Protestants sing hymns to him, Catholics say mass and eat him.

— Walker Percy

My mom's family is Russian Jewish, and my dad's Puerto Rico Catholic, so it's kind of a weird mix.

— Ian Gomez

Happy the man who is always on his guard; but he who hardens his heart will fall into evil. -Proverbs 28:14

— Bible

I can only become perfectly free by serving the will of God.

— Thomas Merton

“I am not a believer, not an atheist, not an agnostic. I am more content with questions than answers.”

— Roger Ebert

Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.

— John Bosco

Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited.

— James Gibbons

I had always been a reader and a skeptic, so when I was old enough to break away from organized religion, it…

— Amber Heard

The only label I would choose for myself is Christian, but if you pushed me and you say, 'What sort of Christian…

— Nicky Gumbel

“I was raised a Roman Catholic, but it was the kind of domesticated Catholicism that focused mostly on the length of your…

— Gina Barreca

I didn't want to raise my daughter in the church because from what I experienced and what I saw, the church becomes…

— Leah Remini

[The Catholic religion] was something I carried with me, never forgot, brought into my music. And it's been in my music ever…

— Bruce Springsteen

I spent my entire Irish Catholic youth in a constant state of guilt over imaginary sins. I learned that nothing is a…

— Terry Wogan

I do need to explore my faith, because it has got lost over the years and it has been kind of tainted…

— Johnny Vegas

The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.

— Pope John Paul II

To students: I pray that all those young people who have graduated, do not carry just a piece of paper with them…

— Mother Teresa

A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization [the Catholic Church]. I do not believe in original sin,…

— Ammon Hennacy

See it's easy as cake, simple as whistling Dixie While I'm waving the pistol at sixty Christians against me Go to war…

— Eminem

I attended Catholic school. We received a great education from the nuns. ... Also, guilt. Guilt and a feeling of never being…

— George Saunders

Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire…

— Peter Canisius

We're a Muslim family, but we're also very cultured and we have a mixture of different religions. For example, my brother-in-law is…

— Rima Fakih

The facts tell us that no religious Faith releases - or ever has released at any moment in History - a higher…

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the world-old, world-wide religio of amulets and holy places and priestcraft. Protestantism,in its corresponding decay, becomes…

— C. S. Lewis

We must be faithful to the present moment or we will frustrate the plan of God for our lives.

— Solanus Casey

I grew up in the church, and my mom is, like a major prayer warrior.

— Rotimi

I still love the theology of the Mormon religion and think it is a wonderful way to grow up.

— Katherine Heigl

I was brought up Methodist, christened as a little baby and went to church every Sunday.

— Deborah Norville

The Holy Rosary is the storehouse of countless blessings.

— Alanus de Rupe

Faith is what gets you started. Hope is what keeps you going. Love is what brings you to the end.

— Mother Angelica

I grew up in the Baptist church and, honey, they baptized me about 14 times. It never did take.

— Leslie Jordan

I went to church with my grandparents sometimes and I loved it.

— Anne Lamott

Faith, joy, optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality.

— Josemaria Escriva

You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do. -Matthew 16:23

— Bible

I grew up in a very religious household. My mom was a church organist. I was a religious kid.

— Dan Brown

Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.

— LeBron James

I was brought up Catholic. I'm lapsed. From the age of three I was with the nuns. Now I'm an atheist.

— Paul Bettany

I would describe my spirituality as exactly the opposite of having a religious affiliation.

— Bill Maher

I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.

— Salman Rushdie

You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.

— Al McGuire