Famous quotes by Saints

SaintsThroughout history, Saints have been revered for their wisdom and insight. From Saint Augustine to Saint Teresa of Avila, these holy figures have left us with inspiring words of wisdom that can help us to live a more meaningful life. Here are some of the most profound quotes from Saints that can help us to find peace, joy, and purpose in our lives.
Small: Saint Ambrose - When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of
"When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal"
Saint Ambrose, Saint
Small: Saint Augustine - Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that w
"Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty"
Saint Augustine, Saint
Small: Saint Augustine - O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet
"O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet"
Saint Augustine, Saint
Small: Saint Augustine - Love is the beauty of the soul
"Love is the beauty of the soul"
Saint Augustine, Saint
Small: Saint Ambrose - When in Rome, live as the Romans do when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere
"When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere"
Saint Ambrose, Saint
Small: Saint Basil - Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to d
"Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger"
Saint Basil, Saint
Small: Saint Basil - Do not measure your loss by itself if you do, it will seem intolerable but if you will take all
"Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them"
Saint Basil, Saint
Small: Saint Ambrose - There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience
"There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience"
Saint Ambrose, Saint
Small: Saint Ambrose - In some causes silence is dangerous
"In some causes silence is dangerous"
Saint Ambrose, Saint
Small: Saint Basil - A tree is known by its fruit a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost he who sows courtesy
"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love"
Saint Basil, Saint
Small: Saint Basil - Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition
"Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence"
Saint Basil, Saint
Small: Saint Augustine - To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it
"To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it"
Saint Augustine, Saint
Small: Saint Augustine - This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections
"This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections"
Saint Augustine, Saint
Small: Saint Augustine - The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page
"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page"
Saint Augustine, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in y
Francis of Assisi
"While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - Where there is injury let me sow pardon
Francis of Assisi
"Where there is injury let me sow pardon"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance
Francis of Assisi
"Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - Start by doing whats necessary then do whats possible and suddenly you are doing the impos
Francis of Assisi
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words
Francis of Assisi
"Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You h
Francis of Assisi
"No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love
Francis of Assisi
"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love
Francis of Assisi
"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - It is not fitting, when one is in Gods service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look
Francis of Assisi
"It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching
Francis of Assisi
"It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
Francis of Assisi
"It is in pardoning that we are pardoned"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - If you have men who will exclude any of Gods creatures from the shelter of compassion and
Francis of Assisi
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - If God can work through me, he can work through anyone
Francis of Assisi
"If God can work through me, he can work through anyone"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that mans conscience
Francis of Assisi
"If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone
Francis of Assisi
"I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Small: Francis of Assisi - Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be t
Francis of Assisi
"Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging"
Francis of Assisi, Saint
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