Quotes by Saints - Page 3

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away hunger.
Saint Basil
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
Saint Francis of Assisi
Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost and was found is saved from being lost again.
Saint Augustine
Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
St. Francis de Sales
When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Faith is to believe what we do not see and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
St. Augustine
Far graver is it to corrupt the faith that is the life of the soul than to counterfeit the money that sustains temporal life.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Faith is God's work within us.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
In prayer one must hold fast and never let go because the one who gives up loses all. If it seems that no one is listening to you then cry out even louder. If you are driven out of one door go back in by the other.
Jane Frances de Chantal
Seek not to understand that thou mayest believe but believe that thou mayest understand.
Saint Augustine
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
Saint Augustine
The country in which I live is not my native country that lies elsewhere and it must always be the center of my longings.
Therese of Lisieux
The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.
Therese of Lisieux
Our body is not made of iron. Our strength is not that of stone. Live and hope in the Lord and let your service be according to reason.
Saint Clare of Assisi
By virtue of love is the lover transformed in the beloved and the beloved transformed in the lover.
Saint Angela of Foligno
Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that you've got to abandon all your own preferences your own bright ideas and guide souls along the road our Lord has marked out for them. You mustn't coerce them into some path of your own choosing.
Therese of Lisieux
Faith is to believe what we do not see the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
Saint Augustine
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not in hand.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
It is human to err but it is devilish to remain willfully in error.
Saint Augustine
To a brave man good and bad luck are like his right and left hand. He uses both.
Saint Catherine of Siena
Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever even if your whole world seems upset.
Saint Francis de Sales
As a moth gnaws a garment so doth envy consume a man.
St. Chrysostom
Love and do what you like.
St. Augustine
Who loves me will love my dog also.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
The End of every maker is himself.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Lose yourself wholly and the more you lose the more you will find.
Saint Catherine of Siena
Act and God will act.
Joan of Arc
I am not afraid of a fight I have to do my duty come what may.
Therese of Lisieux
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
Saint Augustine
Don't ask me to give in to this body of mine. I can't afford it. Between me and my body there must be a struggle until death.
Saint Margaret of Cortona
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord.
Luke
Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterwards.
St. Francis Xavier
Cheerfulness prepares a glorious mind for all the noblest acts.
Elizabeth Ann Seton
You censure this with difficulty because you have allowed it to become customary.
St. Jerome
The universe would not be rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.
St. Gregory
The bee is more honored than other animals not because she labors but because she labors for others.
St. Chrysostom
Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase.
Saint Rose of Lima
Remember that the Devil doesn't sleep but seeks our ruin in a thousand different ways
Angela Merici
Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing and God everything.
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Francis of Assisi
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
St. Francis de Sales
Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words.
Francis of Assisi
You do not get peace in this world until you are broken into pieces.
Chaitanya
I was hungry and you gave me to eat; I was cold and you clothed me; come, possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.' He who is the the King of the poor and of kings will say this at His great judgment.
Francis de Sales
Examine your heart often to see if it is such toward your neighbor as you would like his to be toward you were you in his place. This is the touchstone of true reason.
Francis de Sales
Ought we not to love dearly the neighbor, who truly represents to us the sacred Person of our Master? And is this not one of the most powerful motives we could have for loving each other with an ardently burning love?
Francis de Sales
You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile. It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting master you will see. And the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them.
St. Vincent de Paul
Be strong and kill yourself with the sword of hate and love, then you will not hear the insults and abuse which the enemies of the Church throw at you. Your eyes will not see anything which seems impossible, or the sufferings which may follow, but only the light of faith, and in that light everything is possible; and remember God never lays greater burdens on us than we can bear.
Catherine of Siena
A time is coming when people will go mad, and when they see those who are not mad, they will attack them saying, "You are mad, you are not like us.
Abba Antony
What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
Ignatius of Loyola
Calisto, a companion of Ignatius, and who on recovering from a severe illness had heard of the imprisonment of Ignatius, hastened from Segnovia, where he was staying, and came to Alcala, that he, too, might be cast into prison.
Ignatius of Loyola
So high is my Lord’s palace, my heart trembles to mount its stairs: yet I must not be shy, if I would enjoy His love.
Kabir
Trust God that you are where you are meant to be.
St. Teresa Of Avila
As the river enters into the ocean,so my heart touches Thee.
Kabir
Frequently give up some of your property by giving it with a generous heart to the poor ... It is true that God will repay us not only in the next world but even in this.
Francis de Sales
There, where millions of Krishnas stand with hands folded, Where millions of Vishnus bow their heads, Where millions of Brahmâs are reading the Vedas, Where millions of Shivas are lost in contemplation, Where millions of Indras dwell in the sky, Where the demi-gods and the munis are unnumbered, Where millions of Saraswatis, Goddess of Music, play on the vina— There is my Lord self-revealed: and the scent of sandal and flowers dwells in those deeps.
Kabir
Although hundreds of friends Have become my foes, The friendship of One Has given security to my soul. Rejecting many I have embraced the One-At last I am He and He is me.
Sarmad Shaheed
I am the king of kingsO Sheikh! Not naked like you, I love madness, dynamism, but I am not distraughtAn infidel, an idolator, I am not one of the pious. I am going towards the mosqueBut I am not a Muslim.
Sarmad Shaheed
Do not fear the conflict, do not flee it. Where there is no struggle, there is no virtue; where faith and love are not tempted, it is not possible to be sure whether they are really present. They are proved and revealed in adversity, that is, in difficult and grievous circumstances, both outward and inward - during sickness, sorrow, or privations
John of Kronstadt
Praised be my Lord, for our sister water.St. Francis of Assisi,Canticle of the Sun
Francis of Assisi