Saint Quotes - Page 10

• Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.

  Teresa of Avila

  Love, Christian, Pregnancy

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1946). “Book of the foundations. Minor prose works. Poems. Documents. Indices”

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  Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Birthday, Happiness

  Mother Teresa (1995). “A Simple Path-Open Market”

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• This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Men, Perfection

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• Every success in anything we should refer to the Lord and with the Prophet say: 'Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name give glory' (Ps. 113:9).

  Seraphim of Sarov

  Success, God, Christian

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• If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

  Saint Augustine

  Friendship, Hands, Two Friends

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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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• If I saw the gates of hell open and I stood on the brink of the abyss, I would not despair; I would not lose hope of mercy, because I would trust in you, my God.

  Gemma Galgani

  Trust, God, Hope

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• The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.

  Teresa of Avila

  God, Humility, Journey

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• Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity.

  Saint Augustine

  Heart, Humble, Fire

  "Why Do Christians Fast? Three Reasons Explained by St. Thomas Aquinas" by Gretchen Filz, www.catholiccompany.com. March 23, 2017.

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• A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Men, Doe, May

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• Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Love, Christian, Men

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• To love God as He ought to be loved, we must be detached from all temporal love. We must love nothing but Him, or if we love anything else, we must love it only for His sake.

  Peter Claver

  Sake, God Love, Ought

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• Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

  Francis of Assisi

  Love, God, Christian

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• The Holy Bible is like a mirror before our mind's eye. In it we see our inner face. From the Scriptures we can learn our spiritual deformities and beauties. And there too we discover the progress we are making and how far we are from perfection.

  Pope Gregory I

  Beauty, Bible, God

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• For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Prayer, Heart, Acceptance

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• 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.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Needs, Praying, Mercy

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• To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Catholic, Gone

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• The Saint finds her true reason for living in unconditional love and in her ability to give without asking anything in return.

  Paulo Coelho

  Women, Unconditional Love, Giving

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• God would not make me wish for something impossible and so, in spite of my littleness, I can aim at being a saint. It is impossible for me to grow bigger, so I put up with myself as I am, with all my countless faults. But I will look for some means of going to heaven by a little way which is very short and very straight, a little way that is quite new[...] It is your arms,
  Jesus, which are the lift to carry me to heaven, And so there is no need for me to grow up. In fact, just the opposite: I must stay little and become less and less.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Jesus, Growing Up, Mean

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• actions speak louder than words

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Inspirational, Suicide, Wisdom

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.659, Simon and Schuster

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• Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved.

  Robert Bellarmine

  Religious, Men, People

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• Love is the most necessary of all virtues. Love in the person who preaches the word of God is like fire in a musket. If a person were to throw a bullet with his hands, he would hardly make a dent in anything; but if the person takes the same bullet and ignites some gunpowder behind it, it can kill. It is much the same with the word of God. If it is spoken by someone who is filled with the fire of charity- the fire of love of God and neighbor- it will work wonders.

  Anthony Mary Claret

  Love, Christian, Fire

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• The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.

  Saint Basil

  Lying, Gold, Naked

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• ... the passion for popularity brings such injury upon those it masters that it shipwrecks faith itself. Our Lord confirms this when He says, 'How can you have faith in Me when you receive honour from one another and do not seek for the honour that comes from the only God?' (cf. Jn. 5:44).

  Gregory Palamas

  God, Faith, Christian

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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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