--- title: "16 Ifs Quotes By Ambrose" description: "16 Ifs quotes by Ambrose. Plus more from Ambrose and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/ambrose-9220_elsewhere_if-you-are-at-rome-live-in-the-roman-sty_2643078.jpg" --- > [If you are at Rome live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/if-you-are-at-rome-live-in-the-roman-style-if-you-are-elsewhere-live/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/ambrose-9220_elsewhere_if-you-are-at-rome-live-in-the-roman-sty_2643078.jpg) > [To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/to-be-content-to-find-true-love-is-what-essentially-drives-us-all-but/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/ambrose-9220_finding-true-love_to-be-content-to-find-true-love-is-what_2240374.jpg) > [But if these beings guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/but-if-these-beings-guard-you-they-do-so-because-they-have-been/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/ambrose-9220_angel_but-if-these-beings-guard-you-they-do-so_2543341.jpg) > [If you do not give the tenth part to God, he will take the nine parts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/if-you-do-not-give-the-tenth-part-to-god-he-will-take-the-nine-parts/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/ambrose-9220_giving_if-you-do-not-give-the-tenth-part-to-god_2324075.jpg) > [When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/when-i-am-at-rome-i-fast-as-the-romans-do-when-i-am-at-milan-i-do-not/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/ambrose-9220_church_when-i-am-at-rome-i-fast-as-the-romans-d_955928.jpg) > [If it is "daily bread," why do you take it once a year? . . . Take daily what is to profit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/if-it-is-daily-bread-why-do-you-take-it-once-a-year-take-daily-what/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/ambrose-9220_bread_if-it-is-daily-bread-why-do-you-take-it_1258384.jpg) > [The likeness of Your Church, O Lord, is that woman who went behind and touched the hem of Your garment, saying within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/the-likeness-of-your-church-o-lord-is-that-woman-who-went-behind-and/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d6/ambrose-9220_behinds_the-likeness-of-your-church-o-lord-is-th_1449758.jpg) > [If every time the blood is poured out it is poured out for the remission of sins, I ought to receive it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/if-every-time-the-blood-is-poured-out-it-is-poured-out-for-the/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/ambrose-9220_blood_if-every-time-the-blood-is-poured-out-it_609275.jpg) > [If you offer fasting with humility and with mercy, your bones, as Isaiah said, shall be fat, and you shall be like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/if-you-offer-fasting-with-humility-and-with-mercy-your-bones-as/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/467/ambrose-9220_bones_if-you-offer-fasting-with-humility-and-w_1266247.jpg) > [What will you do if your product still further increases next year? You should then destroy again the warehouses which you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/what-will-you-do-if-your-product-still-further-increases-next-year/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/ambrose-9220_avarice_what-will-you-do-if-your-product-still-f_1886992.jpg) > [Do not desert a friend in time of need, nor forsake him nor fail him, for friendship is the support of life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/do-not-desert-a-friend-in-time-of-need-nor-forsake-him-nor-fail-him/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/ambrose-9220_adversity_do-not-desert-a-friend-in-time-of-need-n_1973292.jpg) > [We must follow the ways of the Lord, and take heed to our own ways, lest they lead us into sin. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/we-must-follow-the-ways-of-the-lord-and-take-heed-to-our-own-ways/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/372/ambrose-9220_christian_we-must-follow-the-ways-of-the-lord-and_1413232.jpg) > [If someone offends you, don't tell anyone about it except your elder, and you will be peaceful. Bow to everyone, paying no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/if-someone-offends-you-don-t-tell-anyone-about-it-except-your-elder/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/ambrose-9220_attention_if-someone-offends-you-don-t-tell-anyone_2734556.jpg) > [The Church was redeemed at the price of Christ's blood. Jew or Greek, it makes no difference; but if he has believed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/the-church-was-redeemed-at-the-price-of-christ-s-blood-jew-or-greek/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/ambrose-9220_baptism_the-church-was-redeemed-at-the-price-of_2194608.jpg) > [We ask for what reason our Lord was unwilling to state the time of His coming (cf. Mk. 13:31-32). If we ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/we-ask-for-what-reason-our-lord-was-unwilling-to-state-the-time-of/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/ambrose-9220_advantage_we-ask-for-what-reason-our-lord-was-unwi_1431499.jpg) > [... these three witnesses are one, as John said: 'The water, the blood, and the Spirit' (I Jn. 5:8). One in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/these-three-witnesses-are-one-as-john-said-the-water-the-blood-and/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/ambrose-9220_blood_these-three-witnesses-are-one-as-john-sa_2020321.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Ambrose > [It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/it-was-not-by-dialectic-that-it-pleased-god-to-save-his-people/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [We do not innovate anything ... How is it that novelties are introduced which were never even thought of by our predecessors?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/we-do-not-innovate-anything-how-is-it-that-novelties-are-introduced/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [It is Peter himself that He says, 'You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.' Where Peter is, there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/it-is-peter-himself-that-he-says-you-are-peter-and-upon-this-rock-i/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [As a servant desireth the approval of his master, and a son the approval of his father, so should we desire the approval of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/as-a-servant-desireth-the-approval-of-his-master-and-a-son-the/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [There is no time of life past learning something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/there-is-no-time-of-life-past-learning-something/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [... the Apostle Peter declared that the Church was built by the Holy Spirit. For you read that he said: 'God, Who knows the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/the-apostle-peter-declared-that-the-church-was-built-by-the-holy/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [The devil tempts that he may ruin; God tests that he may crown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/the-devil-tempts-that-he-may-ruin-god-tests-that-he-may-crown/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [If every time the blood is poured out it is poured out for the remission of sins, I ought to receive it always, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/if-every-time-the-blood-is-poured-out-it-is-poured-out-for-the/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [The body should be bedecked naturally and without affectation, with simplicity, with neglect rather than nicety, not with costly and dazzling apparel, but with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/the-body-should-be-bedecked-naturally-and-without-affectation-with/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [And let them remember that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that God and man may talk together; for "we speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/and-let-them-remember-that-prayer-should-accompany-the-reading-of/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/prayer-is-the-wing-wherewith-the-soul-flies-to-heaven-and-meditation/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [Dice have their laws, which the courts of justice cannot undo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/dice-have-their-laws-which-the-courts-of-justice-cannot-undo/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/accordingly-death-is-a-harbor-of-peace-for-the-just-but-is-believed-a/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [...Now since you are celebrating the holy Pascha, you should know, brethren, what the Pascha is. Pascha means the crossing-over, and so the Festival…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/now-since-you-are-celebrating-the-holy-pascha-you-should-know/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) > [The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/the-rich-man-who-gives-to-the-poor-does-not-bestow-alms-but-pays-a/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/ambrose/#itemlist", "name": "16 Ifs Quotes By Ambrose", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you are at Rome live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/if-you-are-at-rome-live-in-the-roman-style-if-you-are-elsewhere-live/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/ambrose-9220_elsewhere_if-you-are-at-rome-live-in-the-roman-sty_2643078.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/ambrose-9220_elsewhere_if-you-are-at-rome-live-in-the-roman-sty_2643078.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/ambrose-9220_elsewhere_if-you-are-at-rome-live-in-the-roman-sty_2643078.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you are at Rome live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere.” — Ambrose", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/to-be-content-to-find-true-love-is-what-essentially-drives-us-all-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/ambrose-9220_finding-true-love_to-be-content-to-find-true-love-is-what_2240374.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/ambrose-9220_finding-true-love_to-be-content-to-find-true-love-is-what_2240374.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/ambrose-9220_finding-true-love_to-be-content-to-find-true-love-is-what_2240374.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized?” — Ambrose", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But if these beings guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/but-if-these-beings-guard-you-they-do-so-because-they-have-been/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/ambrose-9220_angel_but-if-these-beings-guard-you-they-do-so_2543341.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/ambrose-9220_angel_but-if-these-beings-guard-you-they-do-so_2543341.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/ambrose-9220_angel_but-if-these-beings-guard-you-they-do-so_2543341.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But if these beings guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers.” — Ambrose", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you do not give the tenth part to God, he will take the nine parts.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/if-you-do-not-give-the-tenth-part-to-god-he-will-take-the-nine-parts/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/ambrose-9220_giving_if-you-do-not-give-the-tenth-part-to-god_2324075.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/ambrose-9220_giving_if-you-do-not-give-the-tenth-part-to-god_2324075.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/ambrose-9220_giving_if-you-do-not-give-the-tenth-part-to-god_2324075.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you do not give the tenth part to God, he will take the nine parts.” — Ambrose", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. 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Isa. 58:11). 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You should then destroy again the warehouses which you are now preparing to build, and build bigger. For the reason why God has given you fruitful harvests is that He might either overcome your avarice or condemn it; wherefore you can have no excuse. 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