Saint Quotes

• Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

  Saint Augustine

  Faith, Spiritual, Prayer

  "Is It Okay to Pray for Material Things?" by Rick Hamlin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2010.

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• Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor.

  Aelred of Rievaulx

  Love, God, Faith

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• What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Family, Marriage

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• Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Positive, Happiness

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• Your example, even more than your words, will be an eloquent lesson to the world.

  Madeleine Sophie Barat

  Example, World, Lessons

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• A saint is a sinner who never gave up.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Gave Up, Sinner

  Paramahansa Yogananda (1990). “The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda”, Crystal Clarity Pubs

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• Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Evil, Worry, Anxiety

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• To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

  Teresa of Avila

  Inspirational, Courage, Lying

  "The Little Lamp" by Eknath Easwaran, (p. 80), 1981.

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• It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

  Saint Augustine

  Humility, Angel, Pride

  "Manipulus Florum". Book edited by Thomas Hibernicus,

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• There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

  Teresa of Avila

  Prayer, Humility, Catholic

  Attributed in "The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes" by Carolyn Warner, 1992.

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• Let your door stand open to receive Him, unlock your soul to Him, offer Him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see the riches of simplicity, the treasures of peace, the joy of grace. Throw wide the gate of your heart, stand before the sun of the everlasting light.

  Ambrose

  God, Faith, Religious

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• We must speak to them with our hands by giving, before we try to speak to them with our lips.

  Peter Claver

  Hands, Giving, 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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• Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Spiritual, Worry, Catholic

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• Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.

  Anthony of Padua

  Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Teach, Action

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• If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Christian

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• Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Passion, Fire, Generosity

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• You don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, 'Lord, I don't know how to pray!' you can be sure you have already begun.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Praying, Lord, Answers To Prayer

  "Speech of Vice President Jejomar C. Binay during the 36th National Prayer Breakfast Anniversary". Jojo Binay @JojoCBinay, www.facebook.com. November 24, 2011.

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• Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.

  Rose of Lima

  God, Faith, Christian

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  For it is in giving that we receive.

  Francis of Assisi

  Christmas, Greatness, Helping Others

  Francis of Assisi (2017). “St. Francis of Assisi's Prayers”, p.72, Paper & Ink

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• We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Fear God

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• Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Patience, Love Yourself, Recovery

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• The life of the body is the soul; the life of the soul is God.

  Anthony of Padua

  Soul, Body

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• If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Powerful, Catholic, Way

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• Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mother Teresa of Calcutta (2010). “In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories & Prayers (Easyread Large Edition)”, p.6, ReadHowYouWant.com

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