Saint Quotes

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And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide… — William Gurnall
God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace. — William Gurnall
It is the duty of the saints, especially in times of straights, to reflect upon the performances of Providence for them in all the states… — John Flavel
The only real sadness, the only real failure, the onlyÂ great tragedyÂ inÂ life, is not to become a saint. — Leon Bloy
Life holds only one tragedy, ultimately: not to have been a saint. — Charles Peguy
Where were the saints to try to change the social order, not just to minister to the slaves, but to do away with slavery? — Dorothy Day
People have no idea what one saint can do: for sanctity is stronger than the whole of hell. — Thomas Merton
Dorothy Day, of blessed memory, did not like to be called (as she often was, for good reason) a saint, because it usually meant that… — William Stringfellow
Not that you need to be a saint to have visions worth talking about. The most effective prescription, I suspect, is to be a disciplined… — Stanley Kunitz
It appears to me that it [sin] is simply an attempt to penetrate into another and higher sphere in a forbidden manner. You can understand… — Arthur Machen
The saint endeavors to recover a gift which he has lost; the sinner tries to obtain something which was never his. In brief, he repeats… — Arthur Machen
Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All… — Thomas Becket
In a church, I am a saint. In a public place, I am a lady. In my own home, I am a devil....My house is… — Lupe Velez
The weakest believer and the strongest saint are alike equally justified. Justification admits no degrees. A man is either wholly justified or wholly condemned in… — C. J. Mahaney
The rapture will not be secret but open and manifest. Its purpose will not be to whisk the elect away from the earth for a… — R C Sproul
We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history… — Chuck Palahniuk
Saints and mystics throughout history have adorned their realisations with different names and given them different faces and interpretations, but what they are all fundamentally… — Sogyal Rinpoche
And the revelation was a little like what saints receive on mountains - a further chapter in the history of the mystery. — Diane Arbus
The author is the successor of the saint, everyone respects the author. — Roberto Calasso
A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God. — Brennan Manning

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