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Catholic Quotes by Fulton J. Sheen
- Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it.
- So the divine love is sacrificial love. Love does not mean to have and to own and to possess. It means to be had and…
- Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.
- A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his…
- Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you…
- Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
- Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
- Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.
- The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.
- Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.
- There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive…
- Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
- If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.
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- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi
- While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe,… — Saint Augustine
- Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. — Saint Augustine
- He that is jealous is not in love. — Saint Augustine
- O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams. — Saint Augustine
- If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine