Top 715 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Saints - Page 8

'Truly, truly, I tell you, if you ask anything of the Father in My Name, He will give it to you. Till now you have asked nothing in My Name; ask and you will receive, that your joy may be full' (Jn. 16:23). What a wonderful gift! It is a guarantee of unending, infinite blessings! It came from the lips of the unlimited God, clothed in limited humanity and called by the human name of Savior. The name by its exterior form is limited, but it represents an unlimited object, God, from Whom it borrows infinite, divine value or worth, the power and properties of God.

Hold prayer in high esteem. It is the foundation of all the virtues, and the source of all grace needed to sanctify ourselves and to discharge the duties of our employment.

The poor should live by alms.

Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us. Both are good when both are possible. Otherwise, prayer is better than reading.

I see in my neighbor the Person of Jesus Christ.

Don't ask me to give in to this body of mine. I can't afford it. Between me and my body there must be a struggle until death.

My hope is in you, Lord. Be my refuge, for You are my strength.... Into Your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, Lord, God of Truth.

Because of his boundless love, Jesus became what we are that he might make us to be what he is.

It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals.

Strive to be faithful to that which God has called you.

The world would have peace if only men of politics would follow the Gospels.

Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy.

The beginning of evil is heedlessness.

The Eucharist bathes the tormented soul in light and love. Then the soul appreciates these words, 'Come all you who are sick, I will restore your health.'

Friendship is that virtue by which spirits are bound by ties of love and sweetness and out of many are made one.

There will always be good and bad in every community.

You cannot put straight in others what is warped in yourself.

I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love.

As for what concerns our relations with our fellow men, the anguish in our neighbor's soul must break all precept. All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself, because God is love.

Do grant, oh my God, that when my lips approach Yours to kiss You, I may taste the gall that was given to You; when my shoulders lean against Yours, make me feel Your scourging; when my flesh is united with Yours, in the Holy Eucharist, make me feel Your passion; when my head comes near Yours, make me feel Your thorns; when my heart is close to Yours, make me feel Your spear.

Consider that the devil doesn't sleep, but seeks our ruin in a thousand ways.

To all earth's creatures God has given the broad earth, the springs, the rivers and the forests, giving the air to the birds, and the waters to those who live in water, giving abundantly to all the basic needs of life, not as a private possession, not restricted by law, not divided by boundaries, but as common to all, amply and in rich measure.

Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.

Silence is God's first language.

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

The Cross will not crush you; if its weight makes you stagger, its power will also sustain you.

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

The one thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything.

The Blessed Virgin used me like a broom, and then put me back in my place.

A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years.

Glance at the sun. See the moon and the stars. Gaze at the beauty of earth’s greenings. Now, think. What delight God gives to humankind with all these things . All nature is at the disposal of humankind. We are to work with it. For without we cannot survive.

Look around you: there is not a doctor who desires the health of his friends, not a soldier who desires peace for his country.

For preserving peace of soul, it is also necessary to avoid judging others.

Love all. Serve all. Help ever. Hurt never.

As many serve the Virgin as serve God.

Though a man may be found in a weak state, that does not at all mean that he has been abandoned by God. On the cross, the Lord Jesus Christ was in trouble, as the world sees things. But when the sinful world considered Him to be completely destroyed, in fact He was victorious over death and hades. The Lord did not promise us positions as victors as a reward for righteousness, but told us, "In the world you will have tribulation - but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world".

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

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

My daughter, I see more Pharisees among Christians than there were around Pilate.

God wanted man to know him somehow through his creatures, and since no creature could fittingly reflect the infinite perfection of the Creator, he multiplied his creatures and gave a certain goodness and perfection to each of them so that from them we could judge the goodness and perfection of the Creator, who embraces infinite perfection in the perfection of his one and utterly simple essence.

It is ourselves that we must spread under Christ's feet, not coats nor lifeless branches or shoots of trees.

You are My Mother, the Mother of Mercy, and the consolation of the souls in Purgatory.

Through a woman [Eve] a curse fell upon the earth; through a woman [Mary] as well there returned to the earth a blessing.

Take as an example the wisdom of Joseph and his submission. Do battle in chastity and service until you make yourself a king (cf. Gen. 41).

It is a fearful mistake to believe that because our wishes are not accomplished they can do no harm.

Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.

Grief, like a tree, has tears for its fruit.

Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.

If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.

A just man is not one who does no ill, But he, who with the power, has not the will.

The gifts of grace increase as the sorrows increase.

To love anyone is to hope in him for always. From the moment at which we begin to judge anyone, to limit our confidence in him, from the moment at which we identify him with what we know of him and so reduce him to that, we cease to love him and he ceases to be able to be better.

Trials are nothing else but the forge that purifies the soul of all its imperfections.

Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith if he clings to a fear of being stripped of earthly possessions.

the Americans must have the Almighty dollar. Their cupidity renders them daring and indifferent to everything else. It is nothing to them to expose their lives and those of others in order to gain money. How materialistic these people are!

There is no sinner in the world, however much at enmity with God, who cannot recover God's grace by recourse to Mary, and by asking her assistance.

For if God does not for a moment tire of giving us good things, how can we tire of thanking Him for these good things?

The Doctor of our souls has placed the remedy in the hidden regions of the soul.

O how long ago the earth would have been destroyed, if Mary had not interposed!

I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.