Catholic Quotes · Page 53

Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour.

— Teresa of Avila

The Catholic Church is wealthier than Coca-Cola, but takes from some of the poorest people in the world.

— Douglas Henshall

“I don't believe in God today. I don't even believe in people.”

— Sarah Crossan

I'm not really a religious guy. I'm spiritual, but I'm not religious.

— Jimmie Allen

I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.

— Madeleine Albright

“I realized I needed to think about how to leave priesthood—if it was even possible.”

— Charles Benedict

I'm the go-to guy for Mexican priests. I'm the new Barry Fitzgerald, except with a Mexican accent.

— Cheech Marin

The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.

— Otto von Bismarck

I grew up Catholic. The Catholic faith has played an integral role in my life. At the same time, I don't think…

— Julian Castro

I was raised in a working class family of Baptist faith, and I went to college on a church scholarship where early…

— Dick Gephardt

I had a rough spot about being a goody-goody Mormon, and not drinking or smoking. But I'm kind of grateful I've got…

— Donny Osmond

Peace is defined as harmony among those who are divided. When, therefore, we end the civil war within our nature and cultivate…

— Gregory of Nyssa

Lord, may I think what you want me to think. May I desire what you want me to desire. May I speak…

— Pedro Poveda Castroverde

The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never…

— Danny Boyle

There is no point when all the material benefits of the world add up to a general state of happiness. It is…

— Tarek Saab

The first religious experience that I can remember is getting under the nursery table to pray that the dancing mistress might be…

— Gwen Raverat

I am not, personally, a believer or a religious man in any sense of institutional commitment or practice. But I have a…

— Stephen Jay Gould

It may very well be that people in San Francisco don't think we have any culture in Nebraska, but we have a…

— Ted Kooser

“After graduating high school and leaving my faith-reinforcing circle of Christian classmates, my religious fervor cooled somewhat, but I was still firm…

— Alan Jeskin

It is with extreme sadness that we hear of the passing of the leader of the world's Catholics, His Holiness Pope John…

— Mohammad Khatami

For someone whose roots in America were strong but only inches deep, and who had no experience, such as a Catholic child…

— Philip Roth

Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy…

— Pope Benedict XVI

This is the great new problem of mankind. We have inherited a large house, a great ‘world house’ in which we have…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We are a people of different faiths, but we are one. Which faith conquers the other is not the question; rather, the…

— Adolf Hitler

I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.

— Ioan Gruffudd

I am not religious in any way, but I have a pagan ideology and pagan values.

— Varg Vikernes

Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self.

— Mother Teresa

Some people believe that - pardon my language - in order to be good Catholics, we should be like rabbits. No.

— Pope Francis

As you know, I am neither Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopalian, nor Presbyterian, nor am I an Irishman.

— John Bright

In 'Seven Years In Tibet,' I played a Buddhist. But I'm not religious at all, really.

— David Thewlis

I was born a Roman Catholic but had never tried to read the Bible. Now, I ensure that I read it completely.

— Johnny Lever

I don't have a spiritual bone in my body; but what I am, is religious.

— Julie Burchill

Go courageously to God, along the way He has traced out for you, steadfastly embracing the means He offers you.

— Margaret Mary Alacoque

I was raised Catholic. I didn't appreciate the guilt and sin part of it.

— John Densmore

I was never encouraged to believe anything. I was brought up in a profoundly agnostic or pantheistic community.

— Moby

I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing.

— J. C. Chandor

I didn't want to be a priest. I wanted to do the work that priests do, and that required becoming a priest.

— Barbara Brown Taylor

I come from a family of Catholic Italians, and that will always be in my blood.

— Jenna Morasca

I only go to mass when somebody asks me, but when I get in trouble I call for a priest.

— Broderick Crawford

Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.

— St. Jerome