114 Priest Quotes for You to Enjoy

I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest. Martin Scorsese

Parish Priest Just Wanted Ordinary

When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest. Mike Krzyzewski

Become Priest Grade Sixth Wanted

I have a sense of being at peace. I understand when you give the sign of peace, and when the priest says, 'Peace be with you,' in a way I never did 10 or 15 years ago. I have a deep personal sense of what that means. Newt Gingrich

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We are all advertising, all of the time. If you want to sell your car, what do you do? You clean and polish it and make it the best you can. Some people bake bread when they are trying to sell their house because the smell adds a friendly feeling. Even the priest, with all his or her fervour, is advertising God. Everybody is selling. Paul Arden

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I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest. Peter Jurasik

Priest Studied Idea Catholic Becoming

It is very important for a priest, in the parish itself, to see how people trust in him and to experience, in addition to their trust, also their generosity in pardoning his weaknesses. Pope Benedict XVI

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I grew up Catholic. We went to confession on Saturday, stood in the shortest line, since it led to the priest who gave the easiest penance - usually a few Our Fathers and Hail Marys. We confessed in private, prayed our penance and our souls were clean. Regina Brett

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I was in several bands before I joined Judas Priest. Being in those early unknown bands were the stepping stones, really, so I learned a lot in those short few years jumping from one band to another. Rob Halford

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The great thing about Priest, in all the years that we've been making heavy metal music, is that we've always kind of carried this metal flag, if you will - this beacon of hope that, no matter what you may be going through in life, there's always a sense of overcoming difficulties, a sense of winning, a sense of coming out on top. Rob Halford

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When I write lyrics for Priest, I'm writing them for Priest. I'm not writing them for me. Rob Halford

Me Writing Lyrics Write Priest Them

Canon law itself says for one case of guilt, a priest can be dismissed from the clerical state. One. Roger Mahony

Law Guilt State Says Case Priest Clerical Itself Canon Dismissed

I was very serious about being a priest, twice in my life. Almost joined the Montfort Seminary after I graduated from high school. Almost went back in the seminary during college. Rudy Giuliani

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A married vicar is likely to regard his vocation as a job - a tough and ill-paid one, to be sure - but a priest is seen as a pillar of the community, answerable only to his parishioners and his God, rather than to a wife and children. Simon Hoggart

A priest once said to me, 'Think of a priest going to the altar as you walk out on the stage.' I would hate to think that anyone thought I was coming to preach. But art and music open up things that you can't put into words. It's about bringing joy when you go out there. Stephen Hough

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The theatre is your pulpit - it is your church - and you want to be a priest in your church, and that's what I believe in. Steven Berkoff

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All my books are very spiritual. I started out writing what was most natural to me, many years ago, which is religious, because I grew up in the jungle, the son of missionaries. I want to know, is God real? What's a priest's role? Ted Dekker

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I still do lots of gigs where I'm the support act and people are chatting through my set, but I've got better at grabbing attention. I mean, my parents would play on bills with people like Judas Priest and get booed all the way through. But they stuck it out, got tough. Teddy Thompson

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And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to the church and my parents to become a priest. Thomas Keneally

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