Saint Quotes - Page 2

• To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Philosophical, Hands, Catholic

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

  Ambrose

  Impossible, Difficult, Contrary

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• Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?

  Gerard Majella

  Faith, Inspiration, Heart

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• Love God, serve God; everything is in that.

  Clare of Assisi

  Catholic, God Love, Serving God

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  The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Life, Positive

  Interview with Edward W. Desmond, Time magazine, December 04, 1989.

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• When the Holy Rosary is said well, it gives Jesus and Mary more glory and is more meritorious than any other prayer.

  Louis de Montfort

  Christian, Jesus, Prayer

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• Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.

  Teresa of Avila

  Prayer, Secret, Term

  St Teresa of Avila (2008). “The Life of St. Teresa of Avila”, p.51, Cosimo, Inc.

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• We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Smile, Spiritual

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• The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.

  Mother Teresa

  Greatness, Generosity, Giving

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• Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you.

  Moses

  Faith, God, Forget

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• Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.

  Francis of Assisi

  Spiritual, Perseverance, Prayer

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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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• Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.

  Francis of Assisi

  Catholic Saint, Sanctify

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• Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience.

  John Climacus

  Christian, Patience, Courage

  Saint John (Climacus) (1959). “The Ladder of Divine Ascent”

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• Christ has made my soul beautiful with the jewels of grace and virtue. I belong to Him Whom the Angels serve.

  Agnes of Rome

  Beautiful, God, Christian

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  The things that we love tell us what we are.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Love, Christian, Greatness

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• You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.

  Teresa of Avila

  God, Prayer, Asking

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• Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Oscar Wilde (2005). “The Prose of Oscar Wilde”, p.641, Cosimo, Inc.

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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, Half, Whole

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• The stamp of the Saint is that he can waive his own rights and obey the Lord Jesus.

  C. S. Lewis

  Jesus, Rights, Religion

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• To love God is something greater than to know Him.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Faith, Inspiration, Catholic

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 3 (Part II, Second Section)”, p.1302, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Heaven, Suffering, Forget

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• Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.

  John of the Cross

  Doe, Christ, Glory

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• Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could.

  Gregory of Nazianzus

  Giving, Catholic, Needs

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• Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to heaven.

  Pope Pius X

  Holy Eucharist, Christian Inspirational, Heaven

  "Quotable Saints". Book by Ronda Chervin, p. 79, 2003.

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