Depends Quote by Meister Eckhart

Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does not make…

— Meister Eckhart

The kind of work we do does not make us holy, but we can make it holy. However "sacred" a calling may be, as…

— Meister Eckhart

People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be.

— Paul Farmer

What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different motive.

— Coventry Patmore

With supernatural intuition Blessed Josemaria untiringly preached the universal call to holiness and apostolate. Christ calls everyone to become holy in the realities of…

— Pope John Paul II

A saint is one who makes goodness attractive.

— Laurence Housman

An industrious sinner I much prefer to a lazy saint.

— Sophie Kerr

“We grow in holiness in the honing of our specific vocation. We can't be holy in the abstract. Instead we become a holy blacksmith…

— Tish Harrison Warren

It is no more effort for a man to be a saint than to be a sinner; it becomes a mere matter of habit.

— Jerome K. Jerome

The essence of saintliness is total acceptance of the present moment, harmony with things as they happen.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be.” -…

— Tracy Kidder