--- title: "10 Should Quotes By Ambrose" description: "10 Should quotes by Ambrose. Plus more from Ambrose and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/ambrose-9220_angel_we-should-pray-to-the-angels-for-they-ar_1919246.jpg" --- > [We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/we-should-pray-to-the-angels-for-they-are-given-to-us-as-guardians/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/ambrose-9220_angel_we-should-pray-to-the-angels-for-they-ar_1919246.jpg) > [And let them remember that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that God and man may talk together; for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/and-let-them-remember-that-prayer-should-accompany-the-reading-of/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/ambrose-9220_accompany_and-let-them-remember-that-prayer-should_764232.jpg) > [As a servant desireth the approval of his master, and a son the approval of his father, so should we desire the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/259/ambrose-9220_approval_as-a-servant-desireth-the-approval-of-hi_408645.jpg) > [The body should be bedecked naturally and without affectation, with simplicity, with neglect rather than nicety, not with costly and dazzling apparel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/the-body-should-be-bedecked-naturally-and-without-affectation-with/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/ambrose-9220_apparel_the-body-should-be-bedecked-naturally-an_653154.jpg) > [On consideration.. .of the reason wherefore men have so far gone astray, or that many - alas! - should follow diverse ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/on-consideration-of-the-reason-wherefore-men-have-so-far-gone-astray/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/ambrose-9220_alas_on-consideration-of-the-reason-wherefore_2983566.jpg) > [Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/nature-has-poured-forth-all-things-for-the-common-use-of-all-men-and/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/ambrose-9220_all-things_nature-has-poured-forth-all-things-for-t_1882421.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) > [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) > [... the Lord Jesus said, 'To those who are in bonds, Come out, and to those who are in prison, Go forth'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/the-lord-jesus-said-to-those-who-are-in-bonds-come-out-and-to-those/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/ambrose-9220_christian_the-lord-jesus-said-to-those-who-are-in_2519044.jpg) > [...Now since you are celebrating the holy Pascha, you should know, brethren, what the Pascha is. Pascha means the crossing-over, and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/now-since-you-are-celebrating-the-holy-pascha-you-should-know/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/ambrose-9220_brethren_now-since-you-are-celebrating-the-holy-p_929772.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## 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/should/ambrose/#itemlist", "name": "10 Should Quotes By Ambrose", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/we-should-pray-to-the-angels-for-they-are-given-to-us-as-guardians/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/ambrose-9220_angel_we-should-pray-to-the-angels-for-they-ar_1919246.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/ambrose-9220_angel_we-should-pray-to-the-angels-for-they-ar_1919246.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/ambrose-9220_angel_we-should-pray-to-the-angels-for-they-ar_1919246.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians.” — Ambrose", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And let them remember that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that God and man may talk together; 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For it was not to our advantage to know; in order that we being ignorant of the actual moments of judgment to come, might ever be as it were on guard, and set on the watch-tower of virtue, and so avoid the habits of sin; lest the day of the Lord should come upon us in the midst of our wickedness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/we-ask-for-what-reason-our-lord-was-unwilling-to-state-the-time-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/ambrose-9220_advantage_we-ask-for-what-reason-our-lord-was-unwi_1431499.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/ambrose-9220_advantage_we-ask-for-what-reason-our-lord-was-unwi_1431499.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/ambrose-9220_advantage_we-ask-for-what-reason-our-lord-was-unwi_1431499.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We ask for what reason our Lord was unwilling to state the time of His coming (cf. 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