Saint Quotes · Page 23

As a student of Alice Waters, the patron saint of salad, I'm no stranger to the art of lettuce washing.

— Samin Nosrat

The only reason you are not yet a saint is because you do not wholly want to be one.

— Peter Kreeft

The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not.

— Vance Havner

She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.

— Flannery O'Connor

Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend, And round his dwelling guardian saints attend.

— Oliver Goldsmith

I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.

— Andrew Cuomo

Saint Christopher, who said, Where can I get a Frank Sinatra medal? Never got a dinner!

— Red Buttons

Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)

— Rollo May

You know a man can play the part of a saint just so long for a day comes when his true, his…

— Sharon Jones

“But personally, I think [sainthood] is not so much the growth of virtue, as simply the replacement of prior vices with an…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

What does it cost us to say: "My God help me! Have mercy on me!" Is there anything easier than this? And…

— Alphonsus Liguori

There is no sinner in the world, however much at enmity with God, who cannot recover God's grace by recourse to Mary,…

— Bridget of Sweden

“A saint is long past any desire for distinction; he is the only sort of superior man who has never been a…

— G.K. Chesterton

Im Not a saint no not at all, but what I did it wasn't cool but I swear that I'll never do…

— Jessie J

There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.

— George Sarton

“I don't think there'll be a next time, my lady.” Saint smiled. “But thank you for the offer.” Her eyebrows lifted in…

— Suzanne Enoch

When I think of the Savior, I often picture Him with hands outstretched, reaching out to comfort, heal, bless, and love. And…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we…

— William Shakespeare

It is true to say that for me sanctity consists in being myself and for you sanctity consists of being yourself and…

— Thomas Merton

Miracles, or those extraordinary manifestations of the power of god, are not for the unbeliever; they are to console the Saints, and…

— Brigham Young

The Sabbath day has become a day of pleasure, a day of boisterous conduct, a day in which the worship of God…

— Joseph Fielding Smith

It would be well, perhaps, if we were to spend more of our days and nights without any obstruction between us and…

— Henry David Thoreau

Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he…

— Teresa of Avila

So the Bush-Obama administration has taken a fiscal stance diametrically opposed to that of the patron saint of free enterprise. While escalating…

— Michael Hudson

Christ bears with the saints' imperfections; well may the saints one with another.

— William Gurnall

First let a little love find entrance into their hearts, and the rest will follow.

— Philip Neri

God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.

— Saint Augustine

Love is apt to make lunatics of even men and saints.

— Louisa May Alcott

A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.

— Anonymous

Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?

— Gerard Majella

God desires from you the least degree of purity of conscience more than all the works you can perform.

— John of the Cross

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

— Anonymous

Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.

— John of the Cross

Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter.

— Anonymous

No true Latter-day Saint and no true American can be a socialist or a communist.

— Ezra Taft Benson

Does there exist a single instance of a saint asserting that he himself possessed the gift of miracles?

— Edward Gibbon

“A saint is a human being who neither wants nor needs to hurt you.”

— Judith Fitzgerald

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

— John the Baptist

If we tire of the saints, Shakspeare is our city of refuge.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. by Saint Philo of Alexandria

— Philo