Saint Quotes - Page 4

• God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

  Saint Augustine

  Love, Faith, God

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• Let us learn to skillfully draw good out of what would otherwise cause us harm.

  Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

  Learning, Benefits, Causes

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• Anyone, then, who desires to live chastely in Christ Jesus, must flee not only the mouse of lust, but even from its very scent.

  Anthony of Padua

  God, Christian, Religious

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• Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own eyes.

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Love, Christian, Eye

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• If a man wants to be always in God's company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us.

  Isidore of Seville

  Men, Want, Praying

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• One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Feelings, Done, Spirit

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• The love of talk distracts all the powers of our soul from God, and fills them with earthly objects and impressions, like a vessel of water that cannot be settled while you are continualy stirring the earthly particles from the bottom.

  Elizabeth Ann Seton

  Water, Soul, Impression

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• Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

  Teresa of Avila

  Inspirational, Humility, Catholic

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

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• Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

  Luke the Evangelist

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Dream, Future

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.568, Wordsworth Editions

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• He loves, He hopes, He waits. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep us waiting an instant.

  Maria Goretti

  Love, God, Christian

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• Let everyone who has the grace of intelligence fear that, because of it, he will be judged more heavily if he is negligent.

  Bridget of Sweden

  Religious, Fear, Judging

  Saint Bridget (of Sweden), Marguerite Tjader Harris, Albert Ryle Kezel (1990). “Life and Selected Revelations”, p.136, Paulist Press

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• The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.

  Pope John Paul II

  Faith, Inspiration, Catholic

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• It's true he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgement. Have pity in your heart and don't forget that he may yet be an Augustine, while you remain just another mediocrity.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Heart, Judgement, Finals

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• The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Evil, Firsts

  "Tractates on the Gospel of John" by Saint Augustine, tractate XII on John 3:6-21, § 13,

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• If God is for us, who can be against us?

  Paul the Apostle

  Bible, God, Christian

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• If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you to love.

  Gemma Galgani

  Love, Christian, Religious

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• If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them. Let us open wide our hearts. It is joy which invites us. Press forward and fear nothing.

  Katharine Drexel

  Love, God, Christian

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• It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Anger, Excess, Kind

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  Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

  Pope John Paul II

  Attitude, Freedom, 4th Of July

  Pope John Paul II (1999). “Celebrate the Third Millennium!: Facing the Future with Hope”, Servant Publications

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• Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.

  John of the Cross

  Religious, Catholic, Suffering

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• If I had to advise parents, I should tell them to take great care about the people with whom their children associate . . . Much harm may result from bad company, and we are inclined by nature to follow what is worse than what is better.

  Elizabeth Ann Seton

  Children, People, Parent

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• What does it cost us to say: "My God help me! Have mercy on me!" Is there anything easier than this? And this little will suffice to save us if we be diligent in doing it.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Doe, Cost, Littles

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

  Therese of Lisieux

  Catholic, Deeds, Brilliant

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

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• It is certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire; but rather in serving Him in justice, fortitude, and humility. His Majesty seeks and loves courageous souls.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Justice, Soul

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