Saint Quotes - Page 7

There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience.

The saint, we are told, once lived a life of sin - nothing spectacular, of course, just the usual things.

Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained.

A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God.

What is impossible to God? Not that which is difficult to His power, but that which is contrary to His nature.

If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg and pray for, as an alms, all that we need.

What does it take to become a saint? Will it.

Give me ten truly detached men. and I will convert the world with them.

The soul that journey's to God, but doesn't shake off it's cares and quiet it's appetities, is like someone who drags a cart of dirt uphill.

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot; Follow your spirit: and upon this charge, Cry — God for Harry! England and Saint George!

You strayed from the way and did not return because you were ashamed. It would be more logical if you were ashamed not to return.

No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.

We offend God because we do not know His greatness.

I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.

Saints cannot exist without a community, as they require, like all of us, nurturance by a people who, while often unfaithful, preserve the habits necessary to learn the story of God.

God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination, and the divine sovereignty. The best and safest way to deal with these truths is to raise our eyes to God and in deepest reverence say, "0 Lord, Thou knowest." Those things belong to the deep and mysterious Profound of God's omniscience. Prying into them may make theologians, but it will never make saints.

The saints are the sinners who keep on trying.

Sinners think they are saints, but saints know they are sinners.

Don't you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: Fools! Leave those worldly things that shackle the heart - and very often degrade it - leave all that and come with us in search of Love!

We ought to ask the Blessed Virgin, the angels, and the saints to pray for us that we may receive the good God as worthily as it is possible for us to receive him.

Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.

When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be done to stop it, they call you a communist.

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

Christianity is the supernatural operation of the Holy Spirit.The faith once delivered to the saints is a miracle gospel, a miracle salvation with physical evidences.

If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.