Holy Quotes · Page 27

To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.

— Barbara Tuchman

Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.

— Brennan Manning

I went to Catholic grade school, so we sang a lot of religious songs: 'O Holy Night,' 'Silent Night.'

— Michael McDonald

Word of advice. These have a kick, so don’t suck too hard—” Holy hypoxia, Batman.

— J.R. Ward

I had always assumed the weekend was a holy tradition, respected by good people everywhere. Not so at Wexford.

— Maureen Johnson

The soul lets no man go without some visitations and holy-days of a diviner presence.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.

— William Shakespeare

I know that I am a part of something so tremendous, so great, that, if for this reason only, it is holy.

— Lawrence LeShan

When the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea? O no, no, I see…

— William Blake

When one chants the holy name of Krishna, Krishna dances on the tongue and one wishes one had thousands of ears and…

— Mukunda Goswami

Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a…

— Harlan Ellison

Prayer lays hold of God's plan and becomes the link between His will and its accomplishment on earth. Amazing things happen, and…

— Elisabeth Elliot

Jesus has made Himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there. If you really want…

— Mother Teresa

Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and…

— Maria Weston Chapman

Have a great love for Jesus in his divine Sacrament of Love; that is the divine oasis of the desert. It is…

— Peter Julian Eymard

I believe that the intention of Holy Writ was to persuade men of the truths necessary to salvation; such as neither science…

— Galileo Galilei

But the fact that Christ as the bridegroom brings forth fruit through me as the bride, through the agency of the indwelling…

— Francis Schaeffer

Prayer, fasting, vigils, and all other Christian practices, however good they may be in themselves, certainly do not constitute the aim of…

— Seraphim of Sarov

What [others] most need is to see in you a reflection of what God is like and of the transforming power of…

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

“The idea of holiness is so central to biblical teaching that it is said of God, “Holy is his name” (Luke 1:49).…

— R.C. Sproul

Believers obey Christ as the one whom our obedience is accepted by God. Believers know all their duties are weak, imperfect, and…

— John Owen

For not by art does the poet sing, but by power divine. Had he learned by rules of art, he would have…

— Plato

Here the whole world (stars, water, air, And field, and forest, as they were Reflected in a single mind) Like cast off…

— C. S. Lewis

There are people who say, 'Oh every time Catholics make the sign of the cross they re-crucify Christ.' Look, that's what comes…

— John Corapi

I have come to believe that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.

— Frank Herbert

Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.

— Timothy Keller

Elie [Wiesel], when you ask, "Why do I want to know," I'm trying to grab the holy. And I'm getting thrown back.

— Frank Moore Cross

The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is holy the hearers are holy the ecstacy is holy!

— Allen Ginsberg

No … holy father, throw away that thought. Believe not that the dribbling dart of love Can pierce a complete bosom.

— William Shakespeare

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire. Discuss.

— Mike Myers

“No one is perfect and perfectly holy but God alone". ~R. Alan Woods [2012]”

— R. Alan Woods

I see no room in holy Scripture for any sexual activity outside of matrimony.

— George Carey

There are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity. It takes time to be holy.

— Erwin W. Lutzer

There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.

— Francois Rabelais

On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I…

— Aeschylus

Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be sold.

— Howard Zinn

Tears are God's gift to us. Our holy water. They heal us as they flow.

— Rita Schiano

The holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you'll be amazed at the results.

— Josemaria Escriva

God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.

— Ignatius of Loyola

My desire is to live more to God today than yesterday, and to be more holy this day than the last.

— Francis Asbury