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Saint Quotes by Teresa of Avila
- May God protect me from gloomy saints.
- Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because the name of…
- From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
- Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks.
- In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.
- That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.
- I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
- Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
- Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such little worth; yet…
- For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.
- Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
- Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we…
- Before prayer, endeavor to realize whose Presence you are approaching, and to whom you are about to speak. We can never fully understand how we…
- Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it…
- It is certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire; but rather…
- It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
More Saint Quotes
- For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi
- If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and… — Margaret Atwood
- Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. — Saint Augustine
- May God protect me from gloomy saints. — Teresa of Avila
- Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because… — Teresa of Avila
- To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing. — Charles Baudelaire
- We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much? — Samuel Beckett
- There is no sinner like a young saint. — Aphra Behn
- Every Latter-day Saint should love the inspired Constitution of the United States - a nation with a spiritual foundation and a prophetic… — Ezra Taft Benson
- For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are… — Annie Besant
- My first serious attempts at writing were made in 1868, and I took up two very different lines of composition; I wrote… — Annie Besant
- Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited. — Ambrose Bierce