Saints Quotes
Find timeless words of wisdom from the saints that inspire holiness, strengthen your faith, and encourage you to follow Christ in your daily life.
St. Teresa of Avila
On Trust & Inner Peace
“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.”
“Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.”
“Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour. Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly, even though your impatience makes what is certain seem doubtful, and a very short time seem long.”
On Action & Purpose
“Christ has no body now but yours, no hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world.”
“Untangle your webs and make use of these opportunities to serve him when they come.”
“To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.”
“Know that even in the kitchen, among the pots and pans, the Lord walks.”
On Prayer & Intimacy with God
“Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us.”
“You need not cry out to Him as if He were far away. He is close enough to hear even the faintest whisper.”
“Prayer is an act of love, words are not needed. It is quite sufficient to be with Him who loves us.”
On Self-Knowledge & Humility
“There is more value in a little plain humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.”
“Humility is truth.”
“We can only attain to a knowledge of ourselves by contemplating the greatness of God; seeing His purity, we shall discover our uncleanness; beholding His humility, we shall find how far we are from being humble.”
St. Padre Pio
On Trust & Peace of Mind
“Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.”
“Peace is the simplicity of heart, the serenity of mind, the tranquility of soul, the bond of love.”
“Anxiety is one of the greatest perils that the soul can encounter… Have patience with everything, but especially with yourself.”
“My past, O Lord, to Your mercy; my present, to Your love; my future, to Your providence.”
On Prayer & Daily Life
“Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to the heart of God.”
“The Rosary is the weapon for these times.”
“It would be easier for the world to exist without the sun than without the Holy Mass.”
“Pray with humility and confidence, whenever you feel the need, and with a heart full of love.”
On Suffering, Patience & Faith
“The pivot of perfection is love; he who lives in love lives in God, because God is love, as the Apostle says.”
“In suffering, we give something to God; in receiving, He gives something to us.”
“You must always have faith and trust in God. Do not be anxious about what tomorrow may bring, for the same heavenly Father who cares for you today will care for you tomorrow and everyday.”
“Joy, with a good conscience, is the normal state of a soul that abides in God’s grace.”
St. Ignatius of Antioch
On Faith, Love & Witness
“I am God’s wheat, and I am to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of Christ.”
“It is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real.”
“Christianity is not a matter of persuasive words, but of greatness, whenever it is hated by the world.”
“Faith is the beginning and the end is love; when these two are united, they are God, and everything else that leads to nobility follows from them.”
On Unity & Community
“Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.”
“Run together in harmony with the mind of God.”
“Let all things be done to the honor of God.”
On Devotion & the Eucharist
“I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the Bread of God, which is the Flesh of Jesus Christ… and for drink I desire His Blood, which is love incorruptible.”
“The Eucharist is the medicine of immortality, the antidote we take in order not to die, but to live forever in Jesus Christ.”
On Endurance & Grace
“Stand firm, like an anvil being struck. A great athlete must take blows to win the contest.”
“Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men. For there is in them hope of repentance that they may attain to God.”
St. Irenaeus of Lyons
On Human Purpose & the Glory of God
“The glory of God is man fully alive; and the life of man is the vision of God.”
“God did not create humanity because He needed us, but so that He might have someone upon whom to bestow His benefits.” “It is not you who shape God; it is God who shapes you. If then you are the work of God, await the hand of the Artist who does all things in due season.”
On the Incarnation & Salvation
“He became what we are, that He might make us what He is Himself.”
“The Word of God, Jesus Christ, on account of His great love, became what we are, that He might bring us to be even what He is Himself.”
“For how could we be partakers of adoption, unless through the Son we had received that fellowship which refers to Himself?”
On Truth, Tradition & Scripture
“Error, indeed, is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should be at once detected. But it is craftily decked out in an attractive dress, so as, by its outward form, to make it appear to the inexperienced more true than the truth itself.”
“The Church, though dispersed throughout the whole world, even to the ends of the earth, has received from the apostles and their disciples this faith.”
“Where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God; and where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church and every grace.”
On Spiritual Growth & Trust
“Offer to God your heart in a soft and tractable state, and keep the form in which the Artist has fashioned you, having moisture in yourself, lest, becoming hardened, you lose the impressions of His fingers.”
“Creation is suited to humanity; for humanity was not made for creation, but creation for humanity.”
St. Thomas Aquinas
On Love, Friendship & Virtue
“To love is to will the good of another.”
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”
“Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.”
“The things that we love tell us what we are.”
“Charity brings joy, for every lover rejoices at being united to the beloved.”
On Faith, Reason & Truth
“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
“Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.”
“Reason in man is rather like God in the world.”
“Whatever is received is received according to the mode of the receiver.”
“Truth is the conformity of the intellect and the thing.”
On Wisdom & Justice
“Better to illuminate than merely to shine; to deliver to others contemplated truths is better than merely to contemplate.”
“Law is an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community, and promulgated.”
“Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.”
On God & the Spiritual Life
“Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you.”
“I can write no more. All that I have written seems like straw to me compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.” (Attributed upon experiencing a mystical vision late in life)
St. Augustine of Hippo
On the Longing of the Heart & God’s Grace
“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”
“Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was without, and there I sought you… You called, you shouted, and broke through my deafness.”
“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.”
“God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails.”
“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”
On Love & Charity
“Love, and do what you will.”
“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.”
“Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.”
“There is no gift of God more excellent than this. It alone distinguishes the children of the eternal kingdom from the children of eternal perdition.”
On Faith, Reason & Truth
“Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, do not seek to understand in order to believe, but believe that you may understand.”
“The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.”
“Wrong is wrong even if everybody is doing it. Right is right even if nobody is doing it.”
On Humility, Community & Life’s Journey
“If you should ask me what are the ways of Christianity, I would tell you that the first, second, and third are humility.”
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.”
“Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.”
“He who sings prays twice.”
St. Francis de Sales
On Patience, Peace & Anxiety
“Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.”
“Have patience with all things, but chief of all with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them—every day begin the task anew.”
“Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.”
“Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin.”
“Be who you are and be that well, in order to bring honor to the Master Craftsman whose handiwork you are.”
On Gentleness, Kindness & Charity
“A spoonful of honey attracts more flies than a barrel of vinegar.”
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.”
“When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.”
“Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones are frequent.”
On Everyday Holiness & Vocation
“It is an error, or rather a heresy, to say that devotion is incompatible with the life of a soldier, a tradesman, a prince, or a married woman.”
“Every one of us is painted in the image of God; and every one of us must become like that image.”
“The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do them the least damage or destruction… True devotion does still better, for it not only hinders no manner of call or business, but, on the contrary, it ennobles and beautifies it.”
On Prayer & Trust in God
“Every one of us needs half an hour of prayer each day, except when we are busy—then we need an hour.”
“Do not fear what may happen tomorrow. The same loving Father who cares for you today will care for you tomorrow and everyday. Either he will shield you from suffering or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it.”
“God takes delight in our small steps.”
St. Catherine of Siena
On Purpose, Fire & Courage
“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”
“Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.”
“Start being brave about everything… Don’t lean on things that fall, because they will drag you down with them.”
“Hope comes from love, because we always trust those we love.”
On Love & Self-Knowledge
“Love transforms one into the thing loved.”
“Do not be satisfied with little things, because God expects great things from you.”
“We are of such value to God that the he came to live among us… to score our love on the rock of his own body.”
“You are a cell of self-knowledge. Within that cell, you will discover God’s goodness to you.”
On Grace & Divine Friendship
“All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, ‘I am the way.’”
“You, Eternal Trinity, are a deep sea, into which the more I enter, the more I find, and the more I find, the more I seek.”
“Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.”
“Out of dark times comes light.”
On Humility, Community & Life’s Journey
“If you should ask me what are the ways of Christianity, I would tell you that the first, second, and third are humility.”
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.”
“Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.”
“He who sings prays twice.”
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
On Love & Small Deeds (The “Little Way”)
“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.”
“Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.”
“Our Lord does not so much look at the greatness of our actions, or even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.”
“Charity gave me the key to my vocation… I understood that love comprised all vocations – that love was everything, that it embraced all times and places.”
On Trust, Mercy & Confidence
“It is confidence and nothing but confidence that must lead us to Love.”
“The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”
“God would not inspire desires if He did not intend to fulfill them.”
“Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.”
On Prayer & Intimacy with God
“For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.”
“I say very simply to God what I wish to say, without composing beautiful sentences, and He always understands me.”
“If I were rich, I could not see a poor person without giving him help immediately. So too, as soon as I gain any spiritual treasure, I give it to souls in danger.”
On Suffering, Peace & Heaven
“I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth. I will let fall a shower of roses.”
“Joy is not in the things which surround us, but in the deep recesses of the soul.”
“When I suffer much, when nothing graceful or pleasing is presented to me, I take refuge in joy.”
“The world’s thy ship and not thy home.”
St. Francis of Assisi
On Peace & the Prayer of St. Francis
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.”
“While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.”
“Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.”
“Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.”
On Creation & Praise
“Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with colored flowers and herbs.”
“Praised be You, my Lord, with all Your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, who is the day and through whom You give us light.”
“All creatures have the same source as we have. Like us, they derive the life of the spirit from the Creator.”
“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.”
On Action, Service & Humilty
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.”
“It is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.”
“Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.”
“We should seek not so much to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love.”
On Poverty, Joy & Simplicity
“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.”
“Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received – only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.”
“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, his head, and his heart is an artist.”
“What a great favor God has shown us by granting us the grace to bear suffering for His love!”
St. Ignatius of Loyola
On Purpose, Action & Zeal
“Go forth and set the world on fire.”
“Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam.”
“Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God.”
“He who carries God in his heart bears heaven with him wherever he goes.”
“Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.”
On Prayer & Finding God in All Things
“Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will… Give me only your love and your grace, for that is enough for me.”
“Teach us to give and not to count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward, save that of knowing that we do Your will.”
“We must see God in all things – in our work, in our conversations, in our walking, seeing, tasting, hearing, understanding.”
“Few people understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to place themselves entirely at His disposal.”
On Discernment & Inner Peace
“In time of desolation, never make a change, but be firm and constant in the resolutions and determination in which you were the day preceding.”
“He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.”
“It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.”
“Laugh and grow strong.”
On Humility & Detachment
“We must make ourselves indifferent to all created things, in all that is allowed to the choice of our free will and is not forbidden to it.”
“Give me a person who is dead to self, and I will give you a saint.”
“To reach perfection, we must strive above all to overcome ourselves and to direct our lives without letting ourselves be governed by any unbalanced affection.”
St. Alphonsus Liguori
On Prayer & Necessity of Grace
“He who prays is saved; he who does not pray is lost.”
“God does not deny the grace of prayer to anyone; with it, everyone can obtain the help they need to overcome every temptation.”
“Your God is on the altar ready to give you all that you ask of Him.”
“To pray is to go to God, who is waiting for us, with an open heart.”
On Love, Conformity to God’s Will & Trust
“All holiness consists in loving God, and all love of God consists in doing His will.”
“Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love.”
“If you want to please God, align your will in all things with His.”
“When we suffer any misfortune or trial, let us immediately remember that it comes to us from God.”
On the Holy Eucharist & Devotion
“Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest after the sacraments, the one dearest to God and the one most helpful to us.”
“Know also that you will gain more by praying fifteen minutes before the Blessed Sacrament than by all the other spiritual exercises of the day.”
“The Eucharist is the maximum invention of divine love.”
On Mary & Divine Mercy
“If Mary is for us, who can be against us?”
“A servant of Mary can never be lost.”
“There is no sinner, no matter how wicked, who is beyond the reach of God’s mercy as long as he lives.”
St. Maria Faustina Kowalska
On Divine Mercy & Trust
“Jesus, I trust in You.”
“Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My Mercy.”
“The greater the sinner, the greater the right he has to My mercy.”
“Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet.”
“God’s mercy is greater than our sins. Nothing can diminish or limit the infinite depth of His forgiveness.”
On Love & Everyday Duty
“Love is a secret which transforms everything it touches into things beautiful and pleasing to God.”
“It is not by great deeds that a soul pleases God, but by doing small things with great love.”
“True greatness of the soul is in loving God and in humbling oneself in His presence.”
“Pure love gives the soul strength at the very moment of dying.”
On Suffering, Patience & Peace
“Suffering is a great grace; through suffering the soul becomes like the Savior; in suffering love becomes crystallized; the greater the suffering, the purer the love.”
“Patience, prayer, and silence – these are what give strength to the soul.”
“Peace is a precious treasure that must be guarded carefully against the noise and turmoil of the world.”
On Prayer & the Presence of God
“A soul arms itself by prayer for all kinds of combat. In whatever state the soul may be, one ought to pray.”
“God never refuses His grace even to the greatest sinners if they ask for it with confidence.”
“My silence is meant to give way to Jesus, so that He alone may speak in my heart.”
St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa)
On Love & Small Acts of Kindness
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
“Peace begins with a smile.”
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”
“Intense love does not measure, it just gives.”
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”
On Family, Community & Kindness at Home
“If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.”
“Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.”
“It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us.”
“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.”
On Poverty, Compassion & Dignity
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”
“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty.”
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
“At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by ‘I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me, I was homeless, and you took me in.’”
On Faith, Prayer & Joy
“Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.”
“Joy is a net of love in which you can catch souls.”
“God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.”
“I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.”
St. John Henry Newman
On Personal Vocation & Divine Purpose
God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another.
I have my mission—I never may know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next.”
“He has not created me for naught. I shall do good, I shall do His work; I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place.”
“Therefore I will trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away.”
On Truth, Growth & History
“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.”
“To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant.”
“Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.”
“Growth is the only evidence of life.”
On Conscience, Mind & Faith
“Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.”
“I shall drink to the Pope, if you please—still, to Conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.”
“Calculate the value of time, the deferring of hope, the approach of death, the uncertainty of everything.”
“Heart speaks unto heart.”
On Prayer & Trust in Dark Times
“Lead, Kindly Light, amidst the encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home
Lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene one step enough for me.”
“Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.”
“My silence is meant to give way to Jesus, so that He alone may speak in my heart.”
St. John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła)
On Courage, Hope & Freedom
“Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ.”
“Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.”
“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.”
“The future starts today, not tomorrow.”
“Peace is not just the absence of war. It involves mutual respect and confidence between peoples and nations.”
On Youth, Purpose & Identity
“It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you.”
“Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.”
“Do not be afraid to be the saints of the new millennium!”
“Become what you are!”
“You are not what you have done, you are what you can overcome with grace.”
On Love, Marriage & Human Dignity
“Love is never defeated.”
“Love is efficient; it is the only force that can make a person grow.”
“A person is a good towards which the only proper and adequate attitude is love.”
“As the family goes, so goes the nation, and so goes the whole world in which we live.”
“Human beings are not made for comfort, we were made for greatness.”
On Faith, Forgiveness & Truth
“Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.”
“Forgiveness is the restoration of freedom, the key to opening the door to peace.”
“Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.”
“Prayer joins us to God, and when we are joined to God, we are united with one another.”
St. Benedict of Nursia
On Prayer, Listening & Mindfulness
“Listen, O my son, to the precepts of thy master, and incline the ear of thy heart.”
“Ora et Labora.” (Pray and Work)
“We believe that the divine presence is everywhere… Let us then consider how we ought to behave in the presence of God and His angels, and let us stand to sing the psalms in such a way that our mind may be in harmony with our voice.”
“Prayer should be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of divine grace.”
“Let us arise, then, at last, for the Scripture stirs us up, saying: ‘It is now the hour for us to rise from sleep.’”
On Work, Balance & Moderation
“Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, and in devout reading at other hours.”
“All things are to be done with moderation on account of the faint-hearted.”
“When they live by the labor of their hands, as our fathers and the apostles did, then they are really monks.”
“Let all things be done in moderation, that the faint-hearted may not be discouraged.”
On Hospitality, Community & Respect
“Let all guests who arrive be received like Christ, for He will say: ‘I was a stranger and you took Me in.’”
“They should each try to be the first to show respect to the other.”
“Let no one pursue what he thinks best for himself, but rather what, in his judgment, is best for another.”
“The abbot must avoid all excessive zeal, lest while he strives to scrape off the rust too eagerly, the vessel be broken.”
On Humility, Peace & Self-Discipline
“The first degree of humility is prompt obedience.”
“Seek after peace and pursue it.”
“Prefer nothing whatever to Christ, and may He bring us all together to everlasting life.”
“Do not give a false peace, nor abandon charity.”
St. Josemaría Escrivá
On Sanctifying Work & Daily Life
“Sanctify your work. Sanctify yourself in your work. Sanctify others through your work.”
“Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine, hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it.”
“Add a supernatural motive to your ordinary professional work, and you will have sanctified it.”
“An hour of study, for a modern apostle, is an hour of prayer.”
“Do everything for Love. Thus there will be no little things: everything will be big.”
On Courage, Ambition & Character
“May your life not be a barren life. Be useful. Make yourself felt. Shine forth with the light of your faith and of your love.”
“Don’t say, ‘That person annoyingly gets on my nerves.’ Think: ‘That person sanctifies me.’”
“To begin is for everyone; to persevere is for saints.”
“Don’t be a coward. Be a man. Out with that desire to be ordinary!”
“Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight.”
On Prayer, Joy & Friendship with God
“Prayer is the foundation of the spiritual edifice. Prayer is all-powerful.”
“You don’t know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, ‘Lord, I don’t know how to pray!’ you can be sure you’ve already begun.”
“Cheerfulness is a necessary consequence of our divine filiation, of knowing that our Father God loves us.”
“A saint without joy? A sad saint is a sorry saint.”
On Love, Charity & Divine Filiation
“To love is to have only one heart with Jesus.”
“When you love someone, you want to know everything about them. Contemplate the life of Christ.”
“Our Father God, when we address Him as such, forces us to hold out our hands to all mankind.”
“Love means… goodness, rectitude, authentic affection, concern for others, so that no one feels alone, helpless, or ignored.”
St. Carlo Acutis
On The Eucharist
“The Eucharist is my highway to Heaven.”
“The more Eucharist we receive, the more we will become like Jesus, so that on this earth we will have a foretaste of Heaven.”
On Being Yourself
“Everyone is born as an original, but many die as photocopies.”
On Purpose
“Our Goal must be the Infinite, not the finite.”
On Holiness
“Sanctification is not a process of addition but of subtraction. Less of me to make room for God.”
On Happiness
“Happiness is the gaze directed towards God. Sadness is the gaze directed towards oneself.”
On Meaning of Life
“Find God and you will find the meaning of your life.”
On Love
“A life is truly beautiful only if one comes to love God above all things and one’s neighbor as oneself.”
On Following Jesus
“To always be united with Jesus, that is my program of life.”
St. John Chrysostom
On Envy
“Envy is a dreadful thing, beloved. It is dreadful and destructive to those who envy, not to those who are envied.”
On Community
“For this reason we have built cities, and markets, and houses, so that we may be united with one another.”
On Spiritual Growth
“Let us not be upset, then, when we are being healed. Rather, let us rejoice.”
On Charity
“Let us then pour oil into these lamps, that the flame become higher, that rich light appear.”
On God Above Worldly Things
“Seek the things which are of God, and those which are of man will follow readily enough.
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
On Seeking Truth
“My longing for truth was a single prayer.”
On Divine Providence
“Things were in God’s plan which I had not planned at all.”
On The Cross
“One can only gain a scientia crucis [knowledge of the cross] if one has thoroughly experienced the cross.”
On Suffering
“No spiritual work comes into the world without great suffering. It always challenges the whole person.”
On Trust in God
“Lay all your cares about the future trustingly in God’s hands, and let yourself be guided by the Lord just like a little child.”
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
On God’s Will
“The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly to do it because it is his will.”
On Humility
“The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter.”
On Faith, Hope & Love
“Faith lifts the staggering soul on one side, hope supports it on the other, experience says it must be and love says let it be.”
On Suffering & Consolation
“God is with us — and if sufferings abound in us, his Consolations also greatly abound, and far exceed all utterance.”.”
St. Lorenzo Ruiz
On Faith
“I am a Christian, and this I profess until the hour of my death.”
On Courage
“As a Christian and for God I shall give my life.”
On Faithfulness to God
“That I will never do because I am a Christian and I shall die for God.”
On Sacrifice
“For Him I shall give many thousands of lives if I had them.”
St. Gianna Beretta Molla
On Trust in God
“The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for all that He, in His goodness, sends to us day after day.”
On Love
“One cannot love without suffering or suffer without love.”
On Duty & Vocation
“When one does one’s own duty, one must not be concerned, because God’s help will not be lacking.”
On Marriage & Love
“Love is the most beautiful sentiment that the Lord has put into the soul of men and women.”
On Holiness
“Our body is a cenacle, a monstrance: through its crystal the world should see God.”