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Quotes About Saints

The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters were his friends, and guarded him.
~ Victor Hugo
Nothing like a soulful glance under the noses of the saints!
~ Victor Hugo
The saints repeated this truth time and again over the centuries; that the natural state of a human being is the continuous contemplation and memory of God. I do not mean by that a cerebral memory of God but a memory that works from within the heart.
~ Kyriacos C. Markides
There is only one misery . . . not to be saints.
~ Leon Bloy
Il n'y a qu'une tristesse, c'est de n'être pas des saints.
~ Leon Bloy
Existe una sola tristeza, la de no ser santos
~ Leon Bloy
To know to know to love her so.Four saints prepare for saints.
~ Gertrude Stein
If your father was just an ordinary father and told everybody he had no son, people would call him a liar. But if your father was famous for all the saints he was making and said he had no son, then he had no son, period.
~ Gina Berriault
He was a terrible blasphemer of God and the saints, and that for every trifle, being the most choleric man alive.
~ Giovanni Boccaccio
There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints. Victorious historians rule where good or evil lies.
~ Glen Cook
There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints. Victorious historians rule where good or evil lies. We abjure labels. We fight for money and an indefinable pride. The politics, the ethics, the moralities, are irrelevant.
~ Glen Cook
Stories of the beleaguered Saints and of their suffering and death will be repeated again and again...Stories of their rescue need to be repeated again and again. They speak of the very essence of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
Saints in heaven - how could they be anything but fair and pure? No praise to them. But saints in slime - ah, that was the everlasting wonder! That was what made life worth while.
~ Jack London
QUAKER: Since God maintains direct accessibility with every human life and offers instant and uncomplicated guidance, the intervention of priests and ministers is unnecessary. The intercession of saints is not required. Musical chanting and pretentious prayers fulfill no need. God is not attracted by incense or ostentation or robes or colorful garments or hierarchies. CATHOLIC: You pretty well abolish my church. QUAKER
~ James A. Michener
You must pray,' she says, very soberly. I assure you. Even just a little prayer, from time to time. Light a little candle. If it were not for the prayers of the blessed saints, one could not live in this world at all.
~ James Baldwin
The saints of God were together and very conscious this morning of their being together and of their sainthood; and were determined that the less enlightened world should know who they were and remark upon it.
~ James Baldwin
I'm saying that some men are saints. Some are happy being meek and humble and unambitious. Some men are born content to be second-best.
~ James Clavell
I actually went to the first game in Saints history. We were living in New Orleans at the time. I was eight. They opened against the L.A. Rams in 1976. I went with my dad, and we bought standing-room only seats at Tulane Stadium. We actually sat in the aisle.
~ Jim Nantz
To me, there are saints every day. They stand up and help others and live for others and do things for others.
~ Theodore Melfi
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bears His name. He stands at its head and directs it through His chosen prophets.
~ Joseph B. Wirthlin
Even if there were only two men left in the world and both of them saints they wouldn't be happy. One them would be bound to try and improve the other. That is the nature of things.
~ Frank O'Connor
Great men may jest with saints; 'tis wit in them; But, in the less foul profanation.
~ William Shakespeare
The law of tithing is one of the most important ever revealed to man. . . . Through obeying this law the blessings of prosperity and success will be given to the Saints.
~ Lorenzo Snow
Lord, what music hast thou provided for Thy saints in heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth!
~ Izaak Walton