Saint Quotes · Page 17

I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.

— Teresa of Avila

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

— Albert Schweitzer

The measure of love is to love without measure. - attributed to Saint Augustine

— Cassandra Clare

It is no more effort for a man to be a saint than to be a sinner; it becomes a mere matter…

— Jerome K. Jerome

Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.

— Eric Hoffer

That saint who advances on his knees never retreats...

— Jim Elliot

Every Saint belongs to the court of the Queen of All Saints.

— John Eudes

Sin may rebel, but it shall never reign in any saint.

— Thomas Brooks

He's earned a lifetime of peace and happiness, but some people never get what they deserve. That's why there are saints in…

— Ann Aguirre

“It is the duty of a Saint of God to gain all the influence he can on this earth, and to use…

— Brigham Young

Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints…

— Anonymous

“St George!’ the English shouted, but the saint must have been sleeping for he gave the attackers no help.”

— Bernard Cornwell

The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.

— Pope John Paul II

Mankind has always made too much of its saints and heroes, and how the latter handle the fuss might be called their…

— Wilfrid Sheed

“Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints, and it is possible that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have…

— George Orwell

We must get away from the traditional idea that the saints in Heaven have one eternal holiday; that they have nothing to…

— Herbert Lockyer

I think, in the grand epic, Jesus is the hero of our stories. And our stories, as they were, are subplots in…

— Donald Miller

A girl had bidden me eat and drink and sleep, and had shown me friendship and had laughed at me and had…

— Hermann Hesse

To make sure that my blasphemy is thoroughly expressed, I hereby state my opinion that the notion of a god is a…

— James Randi

Jose Ortega y Gasset says, "Tell me the landscape in which you live, and I will tell you who you are." Asserting…

— Jack Driscoll

Cravats grow higher, as if they mean to protect the throat. The highest cravats in public life will be worn by Citizen…

— Hilary Mantel

The fact is that, we are not producing saints. We are making converts to an effete type of Christianity, that bears little…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

If you want to nourish a bird, you should let it live any way it chooses. Creatures differ because they have different…

— Zhuangzi

I used to have to do readings in church, and it was terrifying. I would never have my glasses. The words are…

— Jim Gaffigan

“Champions keep playing until they get it right'Saint'keep fasting and praying until it becomes right”

— Deborah Rouse Nickson

Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.

— Saint John Chrysostom

A condition which of declension would indicate a devil, may of growth indicate a saint.

— George MacDonald

Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine?

— Marguerite Young

Great men may jest with saints; 'tis wit in them; But, in the less foul profanation.

— William Shakespeare

To be a saint does not exclude fine dresses nor a beautiful house.

— Katharine Tynan

[Dom Juan] believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.

— Moliere

To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints.

— Josemaria Escriva

“The only person to influence the direction and purpose of your life is the one who gave it. God!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

All saints have a past; all sinners have a future its just life.

— Anonymous

I don't believe in God, but I do believe in His saints.

— Edith Wharton

The Most Blessed Sacrament is Christ made visible. The poor sick person is Christ again made visible.

— Gerard Majella

Make a little bouquet of the sufferings of Jesus and carry them in the bosom of the soul.

— Paul of the Cross

I didn't seem to have that effect on anyone but it would have been a waste for both of us to be…

— Meg Rosoff

You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.

— Kenneth Rexroth

I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being.

— Annie Lennox