Catholic Quotes · Page 61

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

— Sarah Crossan

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

— Teresa of Avila

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

— Jimmie Allen

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

— Otto von Bismarck

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

— Cheech Marin

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

— Ioan Gruffudd

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

— Charles Benedict

I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.

— Madeleine Albright

My crazy parents and those crazy Catholic nuns didn't do a good job of forcing me to keep the Ten Commandments, but…

— Jim Goad

One of my favorite authors is Robert Cormier. He was a devout Catholic and a very nice man, which might not be…

— Sara Zarr

My father was Catholic, my mom Baptist, so we were raised Baptist but had a lot of Catholic upbringing: fish on Fridays,…

— Dennis Haysbert

Be humble and you will never be disturbed. It is very difficult in practice because we all want to see the result…

— Mother Teresa

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

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

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

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

Catholic education aims not only to communicate facts but also to transmit a coherent, comprehensive vision of life, in the conviction that…

— Pope John Paul II

People that support Donald Trump are gonna circle the wagons around Trump even more so after this. This isn't gonna cause Catholics…

— Rush Limbaugh

If Socialism, like all errors, contains some truth (which, moreover, the Supreme Pontiffs have never denied), it is based nevertheless on a…

— Pope Pius XI

“One spiritual writer has observed that human beings are born with two diseases: life, from which we die; and hope, which says…

— Brennan Manning

I needed a lot of the good things that church provided. But as I grew older, it became increasingly hard for me…

— J. D. Vance

I pray a simple prayer every morning. It's an ecumenical prayer. Whether you're Catholic or Jewish or Muslim or Hindu, I think…

— Emo Philips

If anyone in word and mind does not properly and truly confess according to the holy Fathers all even to the last…

— Pope Martin I

By offering an education centered on values, the faculty in Catholic schools can create an interactive setting between parents and students that…

— Mark Foley

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

— Peter of Alcantara

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

— Janine di Giovanni

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

— Ernst Mayr

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

— Stephen Collins

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

— Josemaria Escriva

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

— Rubi Rose

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

— Mia Farrow

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

— Bernard of Clairvaux

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

— Tim Kaine

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

— Mother Teresa

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

— Shelley Long

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

— Mother Angelica