Quotes on Saint

People have no idea what one saint can do: for sanctity is stronger than the whole of hell.

Life holds only one tragedy, ultimately: not to have been a saint.

A saint is a sinner who never gave up.

God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.

He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.

Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could.

Father of mercy and God of all consolation, graciously look upon me and impart to me the blessing which flows from this holy Sacrament. Overshadow me with Your loving kindness, and let this divine Mystery bear fruit in me.

May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.

Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer-however much the lips may move.

Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way to amend it, and without prayer such amendment will be much more difficult.

Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree. The earth is fringed and carpeted, not with forests, but with grasses. Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero or a saint.

Methought I saw my late espoused saint.

All expectations belong to the mind, all disciplines belong to the mind, all so-called saintliness and so-called sin belong to the mind. When there is no mind, there is no sinner and no saint, and the gift simply showers on you.

Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.

If the road to social transformation can be paved only by saints who never make mistakes, the road will NEVER be built.

Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.

The saint is hilarious when he is crushed with difficulties because the thing is so ludicrously impossible to anyone but God.

Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me.

The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.