Ministers Quote by Dorothy Day

Whatever I had read as a child about the saints had thrilled me. I could see the nobility of giving one's life for the…

— Dorothy Day

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

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

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

— Dan Millman

“Saints, such as me, ought always to listen attentively to the prayers of poor, dirty, ragged men, such as you. No matter how offensively…

— Susanna Clarke

Saints are simply men and women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God.

— Evelyn Waugh

What did all the saints have in common? They feared sin more than even physical death.

— Mark Hart

“The Lord preserve us from sainthood”

— Nikos Kazantzakis

I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve Him among the poorest of the poor. It…

— Mother Teresa

The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.

— Teresa of Avila

Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying…

— Anonymous

I just remember their kindness and goodness to me, and their peacefulness and their utter simplicity. They inspired real reverence, and I think, in…

— Thomas Merton