Catholic Saint Quotes

• The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed anything comparable to this? Let the philosopher no longer disdain from listening to the common laborer; the wise, to the simple; the educated, to the illiterate; a child of a prince, to a peasant.

  Anthony of Padua

  Wise, Children, Simple

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• True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Winning, Evil, Catholic

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• You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Love, Education, Running

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  Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Perseverance, Heart, Waiting

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• Filthy talk makes us feel comfortable with filthy action. But the one who knows how to control the tongue is prepared to resist the attacks of lust

  Pope Clement I

  Catholic, Lust, Purity And Love

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• Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of Grace. The gift of Grace increases as the struggle increases.

  Rose of Lima

  Sympathy, Struggle, Catholic

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• The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it.

  Vincent de Paul

  Christian, Powerful, Humility

  "A Year with the Saints" by P. J. Kenedy, (p. 47), 1891.

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• When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now.

  Mother Teresa

  Jesus, Love You, Holy Eucharist

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• The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Catholic, Rosary, Saint

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• We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

  Teresa of Avila

  Religious, Catholic, Suffering

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.345, A&C Black

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• Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.

  Francis of Assisi

  Saint, Sanctify

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• Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Running, Religious, Children

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• Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Spiritual, Worry, Catholic

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• Celebrate the feast of Christmas every day, even every moment in the interior temple of your spirit, remaining like a baby in the bosom of the heavenly Father, where you will be reborn each moment in the Divine Word, Jesus Christ.

  Paul of the Cross

  Faith, Baby, Jesus

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• 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!

  Josemaria Escriva

  Heart, Long, Saint

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• Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit.

  Saint Lucy

  Faith, Inspiration, Heart

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• Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven.

  Ephrem the Syrian

  Prayer, Pride, Men

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• Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.

  St. Jerome

  Catholic, Dresses, Purity And Love

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• We can do no great things-only small things with great love.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Life, Sad

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• You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Catholic, Saint, Half

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• Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Catholic, Saint, Deeds

  St. Therese of Lisieux (1915). “Thoughts of Saint Thérèse”, p.8, TAN Books

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• Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Christian, Hurt

  Mother Teresa, Mother Teresa of Calcutta (2010). “In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories & Prayers”, p.45, New World Library

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• Happy is the soul that knows how to find Jesus in the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in all things!

  Peter Julian Eymard

  Jesus, Soul, Eucharist

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• You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

  Anatole France

  Love, Relationship, Faith

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

  Mother Teresa

  Smile, God, Mother

  Mother Teresa (2010). “Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others”, p.289, Image

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