Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Priests

There is no god, so how can I consider myself a god? God is the greatest lie invented by man.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer!

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.

We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.

Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.

I equate ego with trying to figure everything out instead of going with the flow. That closes your heart and your mind to the person or situation that's right in front of you, and you miss so much.

It's always too early to quit.

Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches, except to those who 'overcome.' Where there is grace, there will be conflict. The believer is a soldier. There is no holiness without a warfare. Saved souls will always be found to have fought a fight.

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not because of any interest in the church.

Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.

If you really want to experience God, go and make disciples.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

Faith makes all things possible... love makes all things easy.

God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, He will increase our capability.

Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.

When you don't have anything to lose, you discover something wonderful: you're free to take great risks without fear or reservation.

For most of us, the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it. We will just skim our lives instead of actually living them.

Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.

The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live.

I have been asked this question over and over again: 'Dr. Jeremiah, do you think God is finished with America?' But that is the wrong question. The right question is: 'Is America finished with God?'

I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.

If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless.

All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake.

Love is not just tolerance. It's not just distant appreciation. It's a warm sense of, 'I am enjoying the fact that you are you.'

Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into peace, arrogance into humility, envy into compassion, to awaken the pure soul in man and his love for the Source, which is God.

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.

Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.

The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.

We know that men are saved by repentance and faith, and whoever does call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But salvation is a supernatural work of God that will always produce fruit. And the evidence, not the cause, but the evidence of salvation is a changed life, a changing life.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.

None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

Remember, when God is executing His plan in our lives, He also designs and arranges events which continue to unfold until His purpose is revealed.

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.

Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.

I believe you have to keep the theological standard high; the Lord said, 'Be perfect,' and the leaders have to be striving for that standard with all there is in them.

Think of the long view of life, not just what's going to happen today or tomorrow. Don't give up what you most want in life for something you think you want now.

New media is like a megaphone. It amplifies your ability to reach more people.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

Disappointment is inevitable. But to become discouraged, there's a choice I make. God would never discourage me. He would always point me to himself to trust him. Therefore, my discouragement is from Satan. As you go through the emotions that we have, hostility is not from God, bitterness, unforgiveness, all of these are attacks from Satan.

Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals.