Saint Quotes

• Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

  Saint Augustine

  Faith, Spiritual, Prayer

  "Is It Okay to Pray for Material Things?" by Rick Hamlin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2010.

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• Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Positive, Happiness

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• Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Passion, Fire, Generosity

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• Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.

  Anthony of Padua

  Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Teach, Action

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• Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.

  Rose of Lima

  God, Faith, Christian

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  What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

  Saint Augustine

  Love, Life, Sympathy

  "Quote, Unquote". Book by Lloyd Cory, p. 197, 1977.

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

  Saint Patrick

  Christ, Behinds

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

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• And of what should we be afraid? Our captain on this battlefield is Christ Jesus. We have discovered what we have to do. Christ has bound our enemies for us and weakened them that they cannot overcome us unless we so choose to let them. So we must fight courageously and mark ourselves with the sign of the most Holy Cross.

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Jesus, Fighting, Enemy

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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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  Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Perseverance, Heart, Waiting

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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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• Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.

  Pope John Paul II

  Jesus, Light, Catholic

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• Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.

  Francis of Assisi

  Catholic Saint, Sanctify

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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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• The saints must be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God. Let us carefully observe the manner of life of all the apostles, martyrs, ascetics, and just men who announced the coming of the Lord. And let us emulate their faith, charity, hope, zeal, life, patience under suffering, and perseverance unto death so that we may also share their crowns of glory.

  John of Damascus

  Life, God, Faith

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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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• If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.

  Saint Augustine

  God, Faith, Believe

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• The soul that journey's to God, but doesn't shake off it's cares and quiet it's appetities, is like someone who drags a cart of dirt uphill.

  John of the Cross

  Journey, Soul, Care

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

  Saint Augustine

  Love, Faith, God

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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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  For it is in giving that we receive.

  Francis of Assisi

  Christmas, Greatness, Helping Others

  Francis of Assisi (2017). “St. Francis of Assisi's Prayers”, p.72, Paper & Ink

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• In times of desolation, God conceals Himself from us so that we can discover for ourselves what we are without Him.

  Margaret of Cortona

  Desolation

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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 not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.

  Ignatius of Loyola

  Catholic, Hard, Catholic Church

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• 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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