Catholic Quotes - Page 18

• There are no part-time Christians.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Religious, Believer

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• As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Flower, Shining, Soul

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• No one is truly poor but except the one who lacks the truth.

  Ephrem the Syrian

  Poor

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• O Lord, if I could fly to my people and tell them of your goodness at the top of my voice, oh how many souls would be won!

  Josephine Bakhita

  Voice, People, Soul

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• I tell you that victory consists in conquering self. That is the greatest enemy.

  Paul of the Cross

  Self, Enemy, Victory

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• The coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, 'Look, here it is,' or, 'There it is.' For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.

  Luke the Evangelist

  Looks, Kingdoms, Kingdom Of God

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• Though I have usually posed as a Catholic, I have not done my duty for 15 years, and have not the slightest tincture of faith left.

  James Connolly

  Years, Done, Duty

  James Connolly's letter to John Carstairs Matheson (January 30, 1908), as quoted in "The Connolly & religion debate" by Niall Mulholland in "Socialism Today", No. 103, www.socialismtoday.org. September 2006.

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• Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Love Is, Crosses

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• Shame is something you'll find a lot of - particularly Catholic - girls feel about their bodies, about their sexuality, about their diet, about anything you like. Shame is the way you keep them down. That's the way to crush a girl.

  Rachel Cusk

  Crush, Girl, Body

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• When I was a kid I went to Catholic school, and they used to drag us out to pro-life rallies and stuff full of crazy people.

  Tim Heidecker

  Crazy, School, Kids

  "How Herman Cain Became a Tim and Eric Character". Interview with David Weigel, www.slate.com. November 12, 2011.

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• I was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic. ... I'm very faithful. I believe in God, in Jesus Christ.

  Hugo Chavez

  Christian, Mother, Jesus

  "Larry King Live", www.realclearpolitics.com. September 24, 2009.

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• I would like to grow less afraid of dying. I am infinitely less afraid today than I was 15 or 25 years ago. I was most afraid of dying when I was 33, because I come from a Catholic family.

  Sidney Poitier

  Years, Dying, Today

  "Oprah Talks to Sidney Poitier". O Magazine Interview, www.oprah.com.

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• Faced with the election of a Catholic, our culture is at stake.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Culture, Election, Stakes

  "The Religious Issue: Hot and Getting Hotter". Newsweek, September 19, 1960.

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• For those who use their intelligence and their study as a weapon, the Rosary is most effective. Because that apparently monotonous way of beseeching Our Lady as children do their Mother, can destroy every seed of vainglory and pride.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Mother, Children, Pride

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• Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.

  Linda Cardellini

  Thinking, People, Guilt

  "The Mad Men GQ+A: Linda Cardellini on Sylvia Rosen's Extramarital Bombshell". Interview with Gwynne Watkins, www.gq.com. June 12, 2013.

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• I'm a Catholic by background. I was raised in Goa, a part of India that was visited by Portuguese missionaries a few hundred years ago, which explains my last name.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Years, Names, India

  Interview with Heidi Benson, www.sfgate.com. November 30, 2008.

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• What does it mean to be Catholic and not a Catholic? I feel adrift, homeless. My Catholic imagination allows me to see the soul as a lit breath, seeking the divine. It persists.

  Julianna Baggott

  Mean, Imagination, Soul

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• There was plenty of dysfunction in my family and I went to Catholic School with these psychotic nuns. I would always try to be funny to lighten the mood.

  Downtown Julie Brown

  School, Dysfunction, Trying

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• I was brought up a Catholic, so I suppose I have to believe in the goodness of human beings. I think we're not so bad after all.

  Pauline Collins

  Believe, Thinking, Goodness

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• Going to Catholic school was what fueled me into comedy. The nuns were so brutal so I used to try to make my friends laugh.

  Downtown Julie Brown

  School, Laughing, Trying

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• I had grown up in a privileged, upper-caste Hindu community; and because my father worked for a Catholic hospital, we lived in a prosperous Christian neighborhood.

  Aravind Adiga

  Christian, Father, Community

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• I just try to be the best Catholic.

  Jim Caviezel

  Trying, Being The Best

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• Respect for the dignity of the human person is the foundational principle of any just society. From a Catholic perspective, it also forms the foundation of all of our Church's social teachings.

  Salvatore J. Cordileone

  Teaching, Perspective, Church

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• Like many Catholics, I was very affected by the personality of Jesus and that impression, pious as it was, has stayed with me.

  Simon Callow

  Jesus, Personality, Impression

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• I would not have stayed at a university if it told me upfront that a condition for me getting tenure. my views have to be filtered through Catholic values. I would consider it a betrayal of my parents' legacy.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Betrayal, Views, Parent

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