Lepers Quotes

24 Lepers quotes by 21 unique authors

[Naaman] dipped himself," it says, "seven times in Jordan." It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified upon… — Irenaeus of Lyons
Like Mary, let us be full of zeal to go in haste to give Jesus to others. She was full of grace when, at the… — Mother Teresa
I heard that someone asked Mother Teresa what was most important in her work. I thought she'd say the Rosary but she said, 'My nuns… — Valerie Harper
I begin each day with holy Mass, receiving Jesus hidden under the appearance of a simple piece of bread. Then I go out into the… — Mother Teresa
That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas. — Alan Rickman
I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to receive it (the Nobel) in the name of the hungry, the naked,… — Mother Teresa
But what had lasting significance were not the miracles themselves but Jesus' love. Jesus raised his friend Lazarus from the dead, and a few years… — Shane Claiborne
A Venezuelan dictator once decided to stop leprosy. He saw that most lepers in his country were also beggars. By the simple expedient of collecting… — L. Ron Hubbard
There's a curse on me as there's a curse on the Larkin name. The curse comes back, again and again, to taunt me! Ronan! Kilty!… — Leon Uris
Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was beneath him, because… — Rick Warren
Even more than this, however, the sick - like lepers - were often reviled because people believed that they had brought their torments upon themselves. — Peter Lewis Allen
I make myself a leper with the lepers to gain all to Jesus Christ. — Father Damien
I feel no disgust when I hear the confessions of those near their end, whose wounds are full of maggots...This may give you some idea… — Father Damien
Too often we take blessings for granted, like the sun, the air, health, and opportunity. Or we accept favors, honors, and privileges day after day… — Spencer W. Kimball
With great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooks, you've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books. — Bob Dylan
Who wouldn't want to vote for a guy who was a peaceful, radical, non-violent revolutionary; who hung around with lepers, hookers, and crooks; who never… — John Fugelsang
In becoming a whole person, the grateful leper was healed inside as well as on the outside. That day nine lepers were healed skin deep,… — Merrill J. Bateman
What naturally you want to do if you were a prominent person in the public light and you are disgraced, you want to make a… — Gail Collins
Muhammad brought the promise that anyone could find fulfillment and everlasting life through allegiance to the one true God. The Buddah held out hope that… — John Green
I know that even now, having watched enough television, you probably won't even refer to them as lepers so as to spare their feelings. You… — Christopher Moore
New York! The white prisons, the sidewalks swarming with maggots, the breadlines, the opium joints that are built like palaces, the kikes that are there,… — Henry Miller
When I was 17, I went to India for six weeks and had what, at the time, was a very challenging trip. You walk down… — Chris Hughes
Lepers were a common sight all over India and in every part of Calcutta, but extending help beyond dropping a coin or two into their… — Bharati Mukherjee
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence… — Bible

Who Wrote These Lepers Quotes

21 authors contributed a total of 24 Lepers Quotes as follows: