85 Saints Quotes for You to Enjoy

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners. Soren Kierkegaard

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The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity. J. R. R. Tolkien

The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards. Charles Stanley

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May God protect me from gloomy saints. Saint Teresa of Avila

God Me Protect Gloomy Saints May

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings. George Orwell

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The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people. Benito Mussolini

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To write is a relief from life's problems. It is a way in which you revenge yourself. In art, the writer achieves utopia. But any attempt to achieve social utopia is bound to catastrophe. If you want a society of saints, the result is hell, repression, totalitarianism, and persecution. Mario Vargas Llosa

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The miracle of unity is being granted to us as we pray and work for it in the Lord's way. Our hearts will be knit together in unity. God has promised that blessing to His faithful Saints whatever their differences in background and whatever conflict rages around them. Henry B. Eyring

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I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun. Billy Joel

Laugh Rather More Cry Saints Sinners Than Much Fun

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent. George Orwell

Innocent Guilty Until Judged Always Proved Saints Should

Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown. Thomas Becket

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I was brought up Catholic, and I felt the power of art from a very young age - seeing the brutality of all those images of flayed apostles and tortured saints was a pretty strong introduction. Damien Hirst

In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints. Frederick Buechner

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Monsters are the patron saints of imperfection. Guillermo del Toro

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The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints. Matthew Henry

Written Make Saints Were Scriptures Us

While the family is under attack throughout the world, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proclaims, promotes, and protects the truth that the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children. Russell M. Nelson

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The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice. Sadhu Vaswani

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

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I have always wanted to become a saint. Unfortunately, when I have compared myself with the saints, I have always found that there is the same difference between the saints and me as there is between a mountain whose summit is lost in the clouds and a humble grain of sand trodden underfoot by passers-by. Thérèse of Lisieux

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Pride is tough. You go to high school, and its 'pride,' 'courage;' it's all these types of words that we use to motivate us. I don't think there's anywhere in the Scriptures through the saints' lives where pride was ever a positive characteristic of anybody. Troy Polamalu

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It is my meditation all the day, and more than my meat and drink, to know how I shall make the Saints of God comprehend the visions that roll like an overflowing surge before my mind. Joseph Smith, Jr.

Must not I then entertain the saints because I must keep my conscience. Anne Hutchinson

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