Saint Quotes - Page 20

• Ah, how true it is that we love ourselves too much and proceed with too much human prudence, that we may not lose an atom of our consideration! Oh, what a great mistake that is! The Saints did not act thus.

  Teresa of Avila

  Mistake, Atoms, May

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• God of our life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and weigh us down; when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies gray and threatening; when our lives have no music in them, and our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage. Flood the path with light, run our eyes to where the skies are full of promise; tune our hearts to brave music; give us the sense of comradeship with heroes and saints of every age; and so quicken our spirits that we may be able to encourage the souls of all who journey with us on the road of life, to your honor and glory.

  Saint Augustine

  Running, Lonely, Hero

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• I am no metaphysician, no philosopher, nay, no saint. But I am poor and I love the poor. I see what they call the poor of this country and how many there are who feel for them!

  Swami Vivekananda

  Country, Philosopher, Poor

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2008, Manonmani Publishers

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• There is only one sin and it is: weakness. When I was a boy, I read Milton's Paradise Lost. The only good man I had any respect for was Satan. The only saint is that person who never weakens, faces everything, and determines die game.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Boys, Men, Games

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.434, Manonmani Publishers

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• I'm no saint but I do believe in what is right.

  Kid Rock

  Believe

  Twitter post from May 30, 2014

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• On this day, millions of people...throughout the world will gather to commemorate the life of Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. From his days as a slave in Ireland to his work as missionary years later, St. Patrick demonstrated a courage, commitment, and faith that won the hearts and minds of the Irish people. St. Patrick's Day also serves as a time for people of Irish descent from all traditions and religions to honor their native land and shared heritage. Their devotion to family, faith, and community has strengthened our country's character.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Heart, Character

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• Thousands of people know my flannel knickers, and though I know this may seem flirtatious, it is not. I am a saint.

  Leonora Carrington

  People, Flannels, May

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• President Lorenzo Snow declared that it is "the grand privilege of every Latter-day Saint . . . to have the manifestations of the spirit every day of our lives."

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Snow, President, Privilege

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• Don't neglect your spiritual reading. - Reading has made many saints.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Spiritual, Reading, Neglect

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• But, irreverently consorting with these grave, reputable, and pious people, these elders of the church, these chaste dames and dewy virgins, there were men of dissolute lives and women of spotted fame, wretches given over to all mean and filthy vice, and suspected even of horrid crimes. It was strange to see that the good shrank not from the wicked, nor were the sinners abashed by the saints.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Mean, Men, People

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (1982). “Tales and Sketches”, p.285, Library of America

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• I always felt bad for Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa lived a whole life helping starving children and dying villages, but she could never be declared a saint 'cause she never actually performed a miracle. And it was towards the end, she was desperate to perform a miracle, so she would go up to starving children and go, 'What's that behind your ear? It's a quarter!

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Mother, Children, Miracle

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• Over the last 2,000 years, 10,000 saints have been named, among them, 78 popes. At the time of his death, Pope John Paul II had the distinction of naming 482 saints, more than all of his predecessors combined.

  Chris Matthews

  Years, Lasts, John Paul Ii

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• My wife is a saint. She's Gandhi. She walks around in diapers and won't eat.

  Bob Saget

  Wife, Diapers, Walks

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• Each one of us pray, day and night, for the downtrodden millions in India, who are held fast by poverty, priest craft, and tyranny - pray day and night for them. I am no meta physician, no philosopher, nay, no saint. But I am poor, I love the poor.... Let these people be your God - think of them, work for them, pray for them incessantly - the Lord will show you the way.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Night, Thinking, People

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• As soon as I was born, my mom said I was humming 'When the Saints Go Marching In,' or something like that, you know? It's in the family. And in that neighborhood [Treme, in New Orleans], I think everybody in the neighborhood has some type of musical influence, even if they don't play instruments or anything. It's the way they talk to you, the way they say your name - it's all musical.

  Troy Andrews

  Mom, Growing Up, Thinking

  "Trombone Shorty: 'Backatown' New Orleans Funk". "Weekend Edition" with Liane Hansen, www.npr.org. May 1, 2010.

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• When St Genesius, the patron saint of actors, refused to act in a Roman play that ridiculed Christianity, the legend goes, the producers executed him. It reminds some people of Broadway today.

  Samuel G. Freedman

  Play, People, Actors

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• A saint isn't somebody who tries harder, but someone who trusts more.

  Peter Kreeft

  Trying, Harder

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• The devil is but a whetstone to sharpen the faith and patience of the saints.-

  Samuel Rutherford

  Devil, Faith And Patience

  Samuel Rutherford (1863). “Letters of Samuel Rutherford: With a Sketch of His Life”, p.191

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• As the saints of God meet together Jesus still manifests Himself. And seeing Him, there comes to us a new joy and peace, a new sense of the purpose and worthfulness of life. Seeing Him there comes to us a new power for battle and for conquest.

  Clovis Chappell

  Jesus, Joy, Together

  CLOVIS G. CHAPPELL (1970). “SORMONS ON BIBLICAL CHARACTERS”

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• Another form of prayer, called cataphatic, honors and reverences images and feelings and goes through them to God. This form of prayer also has an ancient and well-attested history in the world of religions. Any sort of prayer that highlights the mediation of creation can be called cataphatic. So, praying before icons or images of saints; the mediation of sacraments and sacramentals; prayer out in creation - all these are cataphatic forms of prayer

  Gregory A. Boyd

  Prayer, Icons, Feelings

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• The Spirit of the Lord says that God is placing a crown of manifestation on the heads of His faithful, diligent, chosen saints - a crown of great favor and authority with God and men - a new and greater installment of the fruits and blessings of the Spirit. Another measure, and another, and another.

  Todd Bentley

  Blessing, Men, Faithful

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• I feel very fortunate for audiences to have been so gracious as to allow me to do pretty much any role that I felt I could do. They let me play a president. They let me play a lawyer. They let me play a hit man. They let me play a father. They let me play Howard Saint.

  John Travolta

  Father, Men, Play

  Source: www.aboutfilm.com

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• There will be no sickness for the saint of God. ... If your body belongs to God, it does not and cannot belong to sickness.

  Benny Hinn

  Doe, Body, Sickness

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• Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Two, Understanding, Soul

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• God sends such purgations to you, directors of consciences, that you may acquire the science of the saints and the art of directing souls. You will suffer also in another way. Love will be your executioner. Let it do its work; it knows how. In this martyrdom we have need of extraordinary grace and strength; but God will bestow it. Without this divine help it would be impossible to bear up.

  Paul of the Cross

  Art, Soul, Grace

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