Saint Quotes

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The Roman Catholic Church is for saints and sinners alone - for respectable people, the Anglican Church will do. — Oscar Wilde
Saints cannot arise where there have been no warriors, nor philosophers where a prying beast does not remain hidden in the depths. — George Santayana
Do not be afraid to be the saints of the new mellineum! — Pope John Paul II
There are no perfect human beings! Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators,… — Abraham Maslow
Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is… — Andrew Carnegie
I would hope that we would not lose the real objective of our cherished opportunities to serve. That objective, that eternal goal, is the same… — Thomas S. Monson
Every prophet and every saint has a way, But all lead to God. All ways are really one. — Unknown Author
The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines. — Samuel Rutherford
It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there is a wise Spirit sitting… — John Flavel
Through all ages, great saints have remained as living proof that this non-temporary, permanent state of God consciousness can be revived in all living souls. — George Harrison
Sit not down without assurance. Get alone, and bring thy heart to the bar of trial: force it to answer the interrogatories put to it… — Richard Baxter
There is an essential difference between the decease of the godly and the death of the ungodly. Death comes to the ungodly man as a… — Charles Spurgeon
Truly, hope is the saint's covering, wherein he wraps himself, when he lays his body down to sleep in the grave: "My flesh," saith David,… — William Gurnall
All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep a hotel. — Mark Twain
From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us. — Teresa of Avila
Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints. — Evelyn Underhill
If you find a saint who has no sense of humour, then he is not a saint at all. Impossible. His very seriousness says that… — Rajneesh
The ego can exist only if you take yourself and everything seriously. Nothing kills the ego like playfulness, like laughter. When you start taking life… — Rajneesh
All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best,… — Saint Francis de Sales
The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

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