Saint Patrick Quotes

• May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word of God direct us. Be always ours this day and for evermore.

  Saint Patrick

  Hands, May, Pilots

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• Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.

  Saint Patrick

  Inspirational, Catholic, Christ

  Saint Patrick, Charles Henry Hamilton Wright (1885*). “The Writings of Patrick: The Apostle of Ireland. A Revised Translation with Notes Critical and Historical”

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• If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.

  Saint Patrick

  Living My Life, Ifs, Worth It

  "Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus". Translated by John Skinner, www.ancienttexts.org.

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• I am certain in my heart that all that I am, I have received from God.

  Saint Patrick

  Heart, My Heart, Certain

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• I arise today
  Through the strength of heaven:
  Light of sun
  Brilliance of moon
  Splendor of fire
  Speed of lightning
  Swiftness of wind
  Depth of sea
  Stability of earth
  Firmness of rock.

  Saint Patrick

  Nature, Moon, Fire

  "Christian Spirituality: Origins to the Twelfth Century". Book by Bernard McGinn, Jean Leclercq, John Meyendorff, 1986.

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• Never trust a dog to watch your food.

  Saint Patrick

  Dog, Watches, Never Trust

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• Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort me and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

  Saint Patrick

  Faith, Christian, Jesus

  Saint Patrick, Charles Henry Hamilton Wright (1885*). “The Writings of Patrick: The Apostle of Ireland. A Revised Translation with Notes Critical and Historical”

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• Daily I expect to be murdered or betrayed or reduced to slavery if the occasion arises. But I fear nothing, because of the promises of heaven.

  Saint Patrick

  Heaven, Promise, Slavery

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• I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my life for my God.

  Saint Patrick

  Perseverance, Giving, Faithful

  Saint Patrick, Saint Secundinus (Bp. in Ireland) (1953). “The works of St. Patrick. Hymn on St. Patrick”

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• I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in my heart that 'all that I am,' I have received from God. So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.

  Saint Patrick

  Heart, Bishops, Tribes

  "Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus". Translated by John Skinner, www.ancienttexts.org.

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• Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.

  Saint Patrick

  Heart, Eye, Men

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• He [God] watched over me before I knew him, and before I learned sense or even distinguished between good and evil, and he protected me, and consoled me as a father would his son.

  Saint Patrick

  Father, Son, Evil

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• I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul's desire.

  Saint Patrick

  Character, Angel, Soul

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• Christ before me, Christ behind me,Christ in me.

  Saint Patrick

  Saint, Christ, Behinds

  St Patrick's Breastplate, traditionally attributed to the saint.

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• If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me.

  Saint Patrick

  Catholic, Looks, Living My Life

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• Let anyone laugh and taunt if he so wishes. I am not keeping silent, nor am I hiding the signs and wonders that were shown to me by the Lord many years before they happened, who knew everything, even before the beginning of time.

  Saint Patrick

  Years, Laughing, Wish

  "The Confession". Translated by John Skinner, www.ccel.org.

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• And there I saw in the night the vision of a man....coming as it were from Ireland, with countless letters. And he gave me one of them, and I read the opening words of the letter, which were, The voice of the Irish...and as I read the beginning of the letter I thought that at the same moment I heard their voice - they were those beside the Wood of Voclut, which is near the Western Sea - and thus did they cry out as with one mouth: We ask thee, boy, come and walk among us once more.

  Saint Patrick

  Faith, Inspiration, Boys

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• Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.

  Saint Patrick

  Greed, Deeds, Neighbor

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• The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.

  Saint Patrick

  Heart, Catholic, Understanding

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• He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.

  Saint Patrick

  Believe, Doe, Apostles

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• Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.

  Saint Patrick

  Wall, Lying, Compassion

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• I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

  Saint Patrick

  Eye, Faithful, Despised

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• I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.

  Saint Patrick

  Hurt, Rain, Ice

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• I am not ignorant of what is said of my Lord in the Psalm: "You destroy those who speak a lie." And again: "A lying mouth deals death to the soul." And likewise the Lord says in the Gospel: "On the day of judgment men shall render account for every idle word they utter."

  Saint Patrick

  Lying, Men, Soul

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• So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.

  Saint Patrick

  Tribes, God Love, Stranger

  "Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus". Book by Saint Patrick, c.450.

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