Memorable Catholic Saints Quotes

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"The Cross is my beloved. He is not to be parted from me."
St. Ignatius of Antioch
"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you."
St. Augustine
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love."
St. Francis of Assisi
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
St. Francis of Assisi
"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle."
St. Francis of Assisi
"Pray, hope, and don’t worry."
St. Padre Pio
"Pray for a good death."
St. Padre Pio
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"The Rosary is the 'weapon' for these times."
St. Padre Pio
"Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases."
St. Rose of Lima
"Apart from the Cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven."
St. Rose of Lima
"I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the most insignificant, for the love of God."
St. Therese of Lisieux
"Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love."
St. Therese of Lisieux
"Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, or even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them."
St. Therese of Lisieux
"Act as if everything depends on you; trust as if everything depends on God."
St. Ignatius of Loyola
"Love is shown more in deeds than in words."
St. Ignatius of Loyola
"To be free, we must die to our attachments."
St. Teresa of Avila
"Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes."
St. Teresa of Avila
"Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world."
St. Teresa of Avila
"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."
St. Gregory the Great
"The measure of love is to love without measure."
St. Augustine
"Purity of heart is obtained, not by रहने away from creatures, but by consideringthem as coming from God."
St. John Eudes
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"Go forth, and set the world on fire."
St. Ignatius of Loyola
"If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire!"
St. Catherine of Siena
"What does it profit us if we convert the whole world, and lose our own soul?"
St. John Bosco
"We must not become discouraged when we fail. . . . Patience! Patience! It is better to do a little well, than a great deal imperfectly."
St. Jane Frances de Chantal
"Pray, hope, and don't worry."
St. Padre Pio
"The Cross will not crush you, but raise you up."
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
"Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and self-abased."
St. Padre Pio
"Love until it hurts."
St. Teresa of Calcutta
"Apart from the Cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven."
St. Rose of Lima
"The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness."
Pope Benedict XVI (often attributed to him, reflecting similar
"To serve God and to love him, that is the first rule."
St. Joan of Arc
"Our entire life consists in accepting ourselves as we are."
St. Therese of Lisieux
"I should be glad to die, if, by my death, I could promote the salvation of souls."
St. Ignatius of Loyola
"The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrifice, and with extreme effort."
St. Padre Pio
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"The best way of showing our gratitude to God is to accept everything, and everything with joy."
St. Teresa of Avila
"What does it profit you to give God one thing if He asks of you another? Consider what it is God wants, and then do it."
St. John of the Cross
"Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing."
St. John of the Cross
"If I didn't believe in eternal life, I'd shoot myself right now."
St. Mother Teresa
"Do small things with great love."
St. Teresa of Calcutta
"Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish."
Michelangelo (often attributed to him due to his intense faith
"See the Christ in others."
St. Benedict of Nursia
"True charity consists in putting up with all one's neighbors' faults; never being surprised at their weakness, and being inspired at the sight of their smallest virtues."
St. Therese of Lisieux
"Love is repaid by love alone."
St. Therese of Lisieux
"To convert somebody, go and take them by the hand and guide them."
St. Thomas Aquinas
"The Cross is my familiar ladder by which I go to Heaven."
St. Rose of Lima
"Our entire life, both in meditating on divine things and in the actions of daily life, ought to be nothing less than a training for the love that unites us to God."
St. Augustine
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
"Pray, hope, and don't worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer."
St. Padre Pio
"The future starts today, not tomorrow."
St. John Paul II
" Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another..."
St. Vincent de Paul
"A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love."
Mother Teresa
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain."
Emily Dickinson (Often attributed to saints due to its themes)
"There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future."
St. Augustine
"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."
St. Augustine
"To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves."
St. Paul of the Cross
"Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, all things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices."
St. Teresa of Avila
"The Lord has the cure in his hands, which he will use when he thinks best."
St. Ignatius of Loyola
"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire."
St. Catherine of Siena
"Do not be afraid of loving too much. Never. Our hearts are only lent to us for a while."
Pope John Paul II
"Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf of springtime."
Martin Luther (while not a Catholic saint, this quote reflects
"Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe."
St. Augustine
"Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he goes about doing good. Yours are the hands with which he blesses all the world."
St. Teresa of Avila
"Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary, use words."
St. Francis of Assisi
"The things that we love tell us what we are."
St. Thomas Aquinas
"There is nothing on earth more to be prized than true friendship."
St. Thomas Aquinas
"Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime."
St. Augustine
"Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you. For see, you were within and I was outside, and I sought you there."
St. Augustine
"The Cross! There stands the ladder that leads to heaven."
St. Rose of Lima
"When things go wrong, you’ll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better."
C.S. Lewis (often quoted by various Catholic figures)
"Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase."
St. Rose of Lima
"Do not fear what may happen tomorrow. The same loving Father who cares for you today will care for you tomorrow and every day. Either he will shield you from suffering, or he will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations."
St. Francis de Sales
"Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength."
St. Francis de Sales
"Have patience with all things, but, first of all with yourself."
St. Francis de Sales
"Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer."
St. Padre Pio
"The rosary is the weapon for these times."
St. Padre Pio
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."
St. Augustine (often attributed)
"The Cross will not crush you, if you throw yourself at its feet."
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
"Our entire life, if it is going to be Christian, must be a work of love."
Saint Maria Goretti
"Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God."
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
"The surest way to find the will of God is to be very careful about the duties of today."
Saint Francis de Sales
"The world is thy ship and not thy home."
Saint Therese of Lisieux
"If I didn’t believe in eternal life, I wouldn’t do a thing for you."
Saint Damien of Molokai
"What are we but dust and shadow?"
Saint Pope Leo the Great
"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 loved you, and loves you still."
Saint Clare of Assisi
"What does it profit us to know everything else, if we do not know Him whom to know is life eternal?"
Saint Augustine
"The Eucharist bathes the tormented soul in light and love. Then the soul appreciates these words, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God.’"
Saint Padre Pio
"Do not let yourselves be discouraged, because initial success is not always granted to your efforts. You will learn, in time, that the power of perseverance can yield gratifying results."
Saint Vincent de Paul
"If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you."
Saint John Vianney
"O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Your cheerful beams."
Saint Augustine
"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world."
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
"The Cross is my staff."
Saint Bridget of Sweden
"Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and more pure."
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
"The best way to show your gratitude to God and the people is to accept everything with joy."
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
"Go forward in peace, fearing nothing, for He who has created you loves you, He who has called you protects you."
Saint Clare of Assisi
"To convert the world, we must first convert ourselves."
Saint Peter of Alcantara
"To be pure, to remain pure, can only come from God."
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
"Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes. God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices."
Saint Teresa of Avila
"The most deadly poison of our time is indifference."
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
"We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success; nor on sciences that cloud the intellect. Neither does it depend on power or human skills, but on Jesus alone."
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
"True charity consists in putting up with all one's neighbors' faults; never being surprised at their weakness, and being inspired by the least of their virtues."
Saint Therese of Lisieux
"You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves."
Saint Francis de Sales
"If we wish to make progress in the service of God we must begin every day of our lives as though it were the first."
Saint Charles Borromeo
"There is no one so holy that he does not have lapses, and there is no one so wicked that he is incapable of redemption."
Saint Augustine
"He Who created us without our help will not save us without our consent."
Saint Augustine
"The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
Saint Augustine
"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Saint Augustine
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