Attention Quote by Dorothy Day

Saints were saints because they acted with loving kindness whether they felt like it or not.

— Dan Millman

“It was because the saints were absorbed in God that they were truly capable of seeing and appreciating created things and it was because…

— Thomas Merton

The wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers, got hungry, scolded God, were egotistical or impatient in their…

— Phyllis McGinley

The saints are like the stars. In his providence Christ conceals them in a hidden place that they may not shine before others when…

— Anthony of Padua

Saints are what they are not because their sanctity makes them admirable to others, but because the gift of sainthood makes it possible for…

— Thomas Merton

Ah, how true it is that we love ourselves too much and proceed with too much human prudence, that we may not lose an…

— Teresa of Avila

One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life.

— Athanasius

The saints differ from us in their exuberance, the excess of our human talents. Moderation is not their secret. It is in the wildness…

— Phyllis McGinley

Although we tend to think about saints as holy and pious, and picture them with halos above their heads and ecstatic gazes, true saints…

— Henri Nouwen

Saints didn't set out to have everyone follow them. Saints set out to follow Jesus, and others followed them in their pursuit of Him.

— Mark Hart

“Why is it that when people die, we make such an effort to turn them into saints? Especially when the entire reason we loved…

— Alison Arngrim

We are not saints. We know we make mistakes, but at least our heart is with the right cause.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower