Saint Quotes - Page 5

• The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him to the greatest extent of our powers.

  Maximilian Kolbe

  Poison, Limits, Indifference

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• There is no danger if our prayer is without words or reflection because the good success of prayer depends neither on words nor on study. It depends upon the simple raising of our minds to God, and the more simple and stripped of feeling it is, the surer it is.

  Jane Frances de Chantal

  Prayer, Reflection, Simple

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• After you have made a decision that is pleasing to God, the Devil may try to make you have second thoughts. Intensify your prayer time, meditation, and good deeds. For if Satan's temptations merely cause you to increase your efforts to grow in holiness, he'll have an incentive to leave you alone.

  Ignatius of Loyola

  Prayer, Meditation, Decision

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• We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.

  Vincent de Paul

  Heart, Compassion, People

  Saint Vincent De Paul (2013). “Some Counsels Of S. Vincent De Paul : To Which Is Appended The Thoughts Of Mademoiselle Le Gras”, p.10, Read Books Ltd

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• The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Honesty, Men, Air

  "Many Thoughts of Many Minds" edited by Henry Southgate, (p. 290), 1862.

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• To make a man a saint, it must indeed be by grace; and whoever doubts this does not know what a saint is, or a man.

  Blaise Pascal

  Religious, Men, Grace

  Blaise Pascal, Henry Rogers, Victor Cousin, Charles Louandre (1859). “The Thoughts, Letters and Opuscules of Blaise Pascal”, p.380

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• Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.

  Teresa of Avila

  Sweet, Christ, Crosses

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• Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Love, Christian, Sweet

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• Those who think that they have arrived, have lost their way. Those who think they have reached their goal, have missed it. Those who think they are saints, are demons.

  Henri Nouwen

  Thinking, Goal, Way

  "The Genesee Diary: Report from a Trappist Monastery".

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• Love is the beauty of the soul.

  Saint Augustine

  Love, Romantic, Beauty

  "The Little Book of Bathroom Philosophy: Daily Wisdom from the Greatest Thinkers". Book by Gregory Bergman, 2004.

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• It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Needs, Our Love, Serving Others

  Saint Francis de Sales, Aeterna Press (1892*). “The Spiritual Conferences”, p.87, Aeterna Press

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• The bread which you use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.

  Saint Basil

  Shoes, Naked, Use

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• I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God.

  Dominic Savio

  God, Religious, Christian Inspirational

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• God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Inspire, Desire, Spite

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• Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practice black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and will save your soul, if-and mark well what I say-if you say the Holy Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins.

  Louis de Montfort

  Christian, Religious, Prayer

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• It is patience that reveals every grace to you, and it is through patience that the saints received all that was promised to them.

  Pachomius the Great

  Christian, Grace, Orthodox

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• God never deserts a man, unless He is deserted by that man first. For even if a man shall have committed grievous sins once, twice, and a third time, God still looks for him, "so that he may be converted and live."

  Caesarius of Arles

  Men, Desert, Looks

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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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• You know my God. My God is called love

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Inspirational, God

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• Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Perfect, Catholic

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• You go to pray; to become a bonfire, a living flame, giving light and heat.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Light, Flames, Giving

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• When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.

  Saint Basil

  Christian, Peace, Money

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• Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.

  Nichiren

  Inspirational, Adversity, Sage

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  Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

  Francis of Assisi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  President Gellhaus’ Speech, annualmeeting.acog.org. 2016.

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• Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Wisdom, Inspiration

  Mother Teresa (2016). “No Greater Love, Commemorative Edition”, p.31, New World Library

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