Catholic Quotes · Page 52

Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.

— Fulton J. Sheen

I am a firm believer. I don't follow any particular religion. That's the way I was brought up.

— S. Sreesanth

Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.

— Pope Francis

But above all preserve peace of heart. This is more valuable than any treasure.

— Margaret Mary Alacoque

I don't believe in God. I believe something is happening, I'm not sure what it is.

— Sonny Barger

The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.

— Peter of Alcantara

May we never risk the life of our souls by being resentful or by bearing grudges.

— Gregory of Nyssa

The Guardian,[is] one of the most consistently anti-Catholic newspapers in the world.

— George Weigel

I did think of becoming a priest quite late on, when other boys were thinking of knocking over fences and going out…

— Colm Toibin

I grew up in the South and once you get raised on Jesus, it is kind of always a part of you…

— Amy Ray

Coming from the cotton plantation, the southern regions, I was brought up with real nice kids, mannered kids, who would go to…

— Luther Allison

I grew up going to church every Sunday and my mother was a drug and alcohol counselor, so both of my parents'…

— Peter Hedges

The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy…

— Anonymous

I do disapprove very strongly of labelling children, especially young children, as something like 'Catholic children' or 'Protestant children' or 'Islamic children.'

— Richard Dawkins

I grew up in San Francisco in the 1970s. We were part of a church that belonged to the California Jesus movement.

— Sara Zarr

If in coming face to face with God we accept Him in our lives, then we are converting. We become a better…

— Mother Teresa

Perhaps the dumbest of these story lines is that [Pope] Francis has re-opened conversation and debate in a Church that had been…

— George Weigel

We should not bear it with bad grace if the answer to our prayer is long delayed. Rather, let us, because of…

— Saint John Chrysostom

I do a certain amount of work in religious communities on these issues. It's not the central focus of my work but…

— Bill McKibben

It is true, these Roman Catholics, priests and all, impress me as a people who have fallen far behind the significance of…

— Henry David Thoreau

Everyone related to me in my circle was from church: church friends, church school, church activities. All my friends weren't allowed to…

— Katy Perry

The instructor has to teach history, cosmogony, psychology, ethics, the laws of nations. How can he do it without saying anything favorable…

— Robert Dabney

The Jew...is not content merely to destroy Christianity, but he preaches the gospel of Judaism; he not only assails the Catholic or…

— Bernard Lazare

His mother and father were agnostics, and Jim respected devout Christians in the same way that he respected people who were members…

— Anonymous

I have the honesty to say I'm an Atheist. There is nothing that supports the idea of a personal God.

— Ernst Mayr

Every time the Catholic Church takes one step forward, it seems to take one giant step back.

— Janine di Giovanni

Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

I don't think you can be a Catholic without an accompanying measure of guilt.

— Mia Farrow

I grew up Mormon, but after my parents divorced, we stopped going to church.

— Rubi Rose

When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries.

— Josemaria Escriva

I go to St. Matthews in Pacific Palisades, an Episcopal Church.

— Stephen Collins

Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.

— Pope John Paul II

“The gates of Hell are terrible to behold, are they not?”

— Anonymous

I dont believe in predestination, even though I was raised a Presbyterian.

— Shelley Long

Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.

— Mother Teresa

For me the hardest struggle in my faith life was the Catholic Church is against the death penalty.

— Tim Kaine

I attended private Catholic schools in Paris and Los Angeles through high school.

— Natalie Massenet

I think I like big issues, but I don't believe in God or religion.

— Damien Hirst

It is easier to live as a Protestant, but better to die as a Catholic.

— Martin Luther

Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.

— Anonymous