Saint Quotes

1317 Saint quotes by 721 unique authors

A saint is a person who behaves decently in a shockingly indecent society. — Kurt Vonnegut
[Cannery Row's] inhabitants are, as the man once said, 'whores, pimps, gamblers, and sons of bitches,' by which he meant everybody. Had the man looked… — John Steinbeck
O serpent heart hid with a flowering face! Did ever a dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant, feind angelical, dove feather raven, wolvish-ravening… — William Shakespeare
And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the… — William Shakespeare
Grant us safe lodging, and holy rest,” Mrs. Grogan was saying, “and peace at last.” Amen, thought Wilbur Larch, the Saint of St. Cloud’s, who… — John Irving
blessing the boats (at saint mary’s) may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face… — Lucille Clifton
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. — Oscar Wilde
The stamp of the Saint is that he can waive his own rights and obey the Lord Jesus. — C.S. Lewis
From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;… — William Shakespeare
There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future. — Saint Augustine
In the chapel you prayed to be a saint and now I will make you a god. — Anne Rice
I didn't seem to have that effect on anyone but it would have been a waste for both of us to be saints. — Meg Rosoff
When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a… — HÃ©lder CÃ¢mara
The time has come for us to stand a little taller, to lift our eyes and stretch our minds to a greater comprehension and understanding… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (City of God, Book… — Saint Augustine
The Saint whose water can light lamps, the clairvoyant whose lapse in recall is the breath of God, the true paranoid for whom all is… — Thomas Pynchon
...I want first of all - in fact, as an end to these other desires - to be at peace with myself. I want a… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Mischief nodded. 'It's true,' he conceded. 'You're in the company of eight world-class thieves,' he said, not without a little touch of pride. 'Saints we… — Clive Barker
Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hit With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit, And, in strong proff of chastity well armed,… — William Shakespeare
But I'm not a saint yet. I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius. — Truman Capote
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. — Nelson Mandela
Creative scientists and saints expect revelation and do not fear it. Neither do children. But as we grow up and we are hurt, we learned… — Madeleine L'Engle
To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
EMILY: "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it...every, every minute?" STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe...they do some. — Thornton Wilder
Like a saint's vision of beatitude. Like the veil of things as they seem drawn back by an unseen hand. For a second you see—and… — Eugene O'Neill

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