Saint Quotes
1317 Saint quotes by 721 unique authors
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God's training ground, where the missionary weapons are found, is the hidden, personal, worshiping life of the saint.
— Oswald Chambers
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We too can be saints in our family, in our neighborhood, wherever we live and work. Be a person who listens to what people need,…
— Pope Francis
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A saint has to be a misfit. A person who embodies what his culture considers typical or normal cannot be exemplary.
— Martin E. Marty
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The saints differ from us in their exuberance, the excess of our human talents. Moderation is not their secret. It is in the wildness of…
— Phyllis McGinley
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Whenever I have a problem, I ask the Saint (Thérèse of Lisieux) not to solve it, but to take it into her hands and to…
— Pope Francis
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The reason we see hypocrisy and fraud and unreality in others is because they are all in our own hearts. The great characteristic of a…
— Oswald Chambers
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Saints are people who belong fully to God. They are not afraid of being mocked, misunderstood or marginalized.
— Pope Francis
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It is the saint's duty, and should be their care, not only to believe that God is Almighty, but also to strongly believe that His…
— William Gurnall
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There are no super saints, only those that don't quit.
— Misty Edwards
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The saints shall persevere in holiness, because God perseveres in grace.
— Charles Spurgeon
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In Christian work our initiative and motivation are too often simply the result of realizing that there is work to be done and that we…
— Oswald Chambers
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The Church even now is the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of heaven. Accordingly, even now His saints reign with Him, though otherwise than…
— Saint Augustine
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It is patience that reveals every grace to you, and it is through patience that the saints received all that was promised to them.
— Pachomius the Great
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The accursed one does not allow the eye of the heart to see the Lord or His saints. He darkens our heart in every way.…
— John of Kronstadt
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God is not only to be known in His blessed and incomprehensible being, for this is something which is reserved for His saints in the…
— John Cassian
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When we become incorruptible and immortal and attain to the blessed state of conformity with Christ, we will be ever with the Lord, gaining fulfillment…
— Gregory Palamas
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How do we receive the highest mystery of Divine love to us ? the mystery of the Christian faith? With our mind, heart and life;…
— John of Kronstadt
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... when death has been brought upon a saint, we ought not to think that an evil has happened to him but a thing indifferent;…
— John Cassian
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... we commemorate each of the saints with hymns and appropriate songs of praise, how much more should we celebrate the memory of Peter and…
— Gregory Palamas
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... if a man prays God for some virtue, and at the same time gives himself up to negligence, acquiring no definite means to gain…
— Lorenzo Scupoli
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When you are in the temple, remember that you are in the living presence of the Lord God, that you stand before His face, before…
— John of Kronstadt
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Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering and self-mastery.
— Spencer W. Kimball
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There are saints in the Roman Curia, among the cardinals, priests, religious, sisters and laity. They work hard, and also do things that are often…
— Pope Francis
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Suffering saints are living seed.
— Charles Spurgeon
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Saint John Paul II, pray for us and especially for our youth.
— Pope Francis
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