Saint Quotes

1317 Saint quotes by 721 unique authors

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and… — Thomas Aquinas
There have been household gods and household saints and household fairies. I am not sure that there have yet been any factory gods or factory… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly, like a trumpet. But the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If we want to give poor people soap we must set out deliberately to give them luxuries. If we will not make them rich enough… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have consigned it to… — Watchman Nee
In the matter of fellowship God looks not at how much we apprehend of His will but rather at what our attitude towards His will… — Watchman Nee
Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we were… — Spencer W. Kimball
My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint. — Elizabeth Kenny
The perfect mystic is not an ecstatic devotee lost in contemplation of Oneness, nor a saintly recluse shunning all commerce with mankind, but "the true… — Unknown Author
Can one be a saint if God does not exist? That is the only concrete problem I know of today. — Albert Camus
Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can be felt on an acre… — George A. Sheehan
If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as virtues the earnest saint. It… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. — William Shakespeare
Prayer breaks all bars, dissolves all chains, opens all prisons, and widens all straits by which God's saints have been held. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Jesus Christ carries on intercession for us in heaven; the Holy Ghost carries on intercession in us on earth; and we the saints have to… — Oswald Chambers
One of the most subtle burdens God ever puts on us as saints is this burden of discernment concerning other souls. He reveals things in… — Oswald Chambers
That man is the most immortal who has done the most and the best praying. They are God heroes, God's saints, God's servants, God's vicegerents. — Edward McKendree Bounds
The prayers of God's saints strengthen the unborn generation against the desolating waves of sin and evil. — Edward McKendree Bounds
When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word and gives way to carnal… — Smith Wigglesworth
Prayer is the way you defeat the devil, reach the lost, restore a backslider, strengthen the saints, send missionaries out, cure the sick, accomplish the… — David Jeremiah
The prayer of the feeblest saint who lives in the Spirit and keeps right with God is a terror to Satan. The very powers of… — Oswald Chambers
When you are praying alone, and your spirit is dejected, and you are wearied and oppressed by your loneliness, remember then, as always, that God… — John of Kronstadt
I trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do not also practice prayer in their families. We may… — Charles Spurgeon
I'm certainly not a saint out there on the golf course. In fact, far from it. Like when you make a three-putt and become upset.… — Bernhard Langer
You started like a saint and now you've finished like a thief — Unknown Author

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