Had we been as free from all sins as we were from gluttony and drunkenness we might have been canonized for saints. — John Smith Copy Share Image
God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Saint George he was for England, And before he killed the dragon he drank a pint of English ale out of an… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The battle against the Devil, which is the principal task of Saint Michael the Archangel, is still being fought today, because the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different… — Coventry Patmore Copy Share Image
The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments, namely, the saints the Church has produced, and the art… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I thought you had to be humble to become a saint, but a priest told me it takes all kinds to make… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
If God causes you to suffer much it is a sign that He has great designs for you and that He certainly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am not really sure that Diana Vreeland did Yves Saint Laurent a favor, as opposed to the world, by putting that… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
The time has come for us to stand a little taller, to lift our eyes and stretch our minds to a greater… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
The tongue is a small member, but it does big things. A religious who does not keep silence will never attain holiness;… — Mary Faustina Kowalska Copy Share Image
Americans ... do not naturally apply the term "bourgeois" to themselves, or to anyone else for that matter. They do like to… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
When you are insulted, you must not only not resent it, but you must make it an opportunity to exhibit the Son… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally. A higher paradox confounds emotion as well as reason… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Consider the islands bearing the names of all the saints, bristling with forts like chestnut-burs, or Echinidæ, yet the police will not… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Every day, I walk with my dog - summer, winter (it gets -20 F in Saint Paul), rain or shine. The nicer… — William Gurstelle Copy Share Image
Up from the grave He arose, with a mighty triumph o'er his foes. He arose the victor from the dark domain and… — Robert Lowry Copy Share Image
it is a little considered fact that simply in the process of becoming a mother, one does not automatically become a saint. — Eugenia Price Copy Share Image
“Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you… — Ellis Peters Copy Share Image
Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness; as few great pilgrims become eminent saints. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Hypocrites weep, and you cannot tell their tears from those of saints; but no bad man ever laughed sweetly yet. — Ouida Copy Share Image
The most important single thing that any Latter-day Saint ever does in this world is to marry the right person, in the… — Bruce R. McConkie Copy Share Image
A saint realizes that it is God who engineers his circumstances; consequently there are no complaints, only unrestrained surrender to Jesus. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
In cold and heat, in rain and wind, the soul united to God says, "I want it to be warm, to be… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Some folks say it was a miracle. Saint Francis suddenly appeared and knocked the next pitch clean over the fence. But I… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
It's impossible to represent a saint [in Art]. It becomes boring. Perhaps because he is, like the Saturday Evening Post people, inthe… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release. — Vincent Schiavelli Copy Share Image
You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used… — Angela Merici Copy Share Image
It is possible to offer fervent prayer even while walking in public or strolling alone or seated in your shop ... while… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison,… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and… — Naomi Campbell Copy Share Image
Sanctity has to do with gratitude. To be a saint is to be fueled by gratitude, nothing more and nothing less. — Ronald Rolheiser Copy Share Image
Let us take a little time to meditate, to think of what we can do to improve our lives and to become… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“It was because the saints were absorbed in God that they were truly capable of seeing and appreciating created things and it… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Live and let live, believe and let believe. 'Twas said the lesser gods were only traits Of the one awful God. Just… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
The Rose does not preen herself to catch my eye. She blooms because she blooms. A saint is a saint until he… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Bill Gates has become the patron saint of philanthropy and the poster child of rebirth, and from what I can tell, rightly… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend upon material success . . . but on Jesus alone. — Frances Xavier Cabrini Copy Share Image
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