Quotes

[Tally Marx]

Here is where you can share all those great quotes (be they religious or secular, witty, wise, or funny) you have heard! Or, if you are feeling wise or vain, you can coin something quotable yourself! Pax et bonum!

Here's a few to begin:


"Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful." ~Ann Landers

"The only difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish wake is one less drunk." ~Unknown

"Some folks are so contrary that if they fell in a river, they'd insist on floating upstream." ~Josh Billings

"What does it take to become a saint? Will it." ~Saint Thomas Aquinas

Edited January 19, 2011 by Tally Marx

[Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam]

"Trust everybody, but cut the cards."

"A man that would expect to train lobsters to fly in a year is called a lunatic; but a man that thinks men can be turned into angels by an election is a reformer & remains at large."

"Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting."

"Alcohol is necessary for a man so that now and then he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed by the facts."

"Comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable."

"The best husbands stay bachelors; they're too considerate to get married."

(One of my personal favorites concerning the true power women wield) "Many a man that could rule a hundred million strangers with an iron hand is careful to take off his shoes in the front hallway when he comes home late at night."

~All of them by Finley Peter Dunne.

Edited January 19, 2011 by Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam

[Papist]

“unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you" - Jesus Christ

"… freedom to choose does not mean freedom to choose the consequences of our choice, for we are living in a universe, not a chaos: we can choose to do this or that, but the consequences of that choice will be governed by the laws of the universe in which we are. It is only if we use our freedom of choice–that is, our freedom to choose without coercion–to make choices in harmony with the reality of things–in harmony with what God is, with what we are and with what all other things are–that we achieve freedom in its sense as the fullness of being.” - Frank Sheed, Theology and Sanity

“Satan’s cleverest wile is to make us think he doesn’t exist.” - French poet Charles Baudelaire

“I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.” - Socrates

"A friend to all is a friend to none." - Aristotle

[tnavarro61]

"A very little pure love is more precious in the sight of God and of greater profit to the Church than all [exterior] works together." - John of the Cross

[Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam]

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
~President Theodore Roosevelt

[BigJon16]

"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid."
-John Wayne

"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry."
-Mark Twain

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the
wrong end of a telescope and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
-Dr. Seuss

Don Rickles as Crapgame: "Maybe they'll make a deal"
Eastwood as Kelly: "What kind of deal?"
Crapgame: "You know, a deal deal."

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[font="Arial"][size="2"][color="#000000"]Power hath descended forth from
Thy hand[/color][/size][/font] [font="Arial"][size="2"][color="#000000"]Our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands.[/color][/size][/font] [font="Arial"][size="2"][color="#000000"]
So we shall flow a river forth to Thee[/color][/size][/font]
[font="Arial"][size="2"][color="#000000"]And teeming with souls shall it ever be.[/color][/size][/font]
[size="+2"][color="#000000"][size="2"][font="Arial"]In Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti." -The Boondock Saints.[/font]
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[Tally Marx]

"The free choice of sacred celibacy... signifies a love without reservations; it stimulates to a charity which is open to all." ~Pope Paul VI

"Of abortion and suicide can be said the same thing: it is a long-term solution to a short term problem." ~Unknown

"Do you love me enough to let me go; to let me follow through; to let me fall for you... My Love, do you love me enough to let me go?" ~Switchfoot ("Enough To Let Me Go")

[AudreyGrace]

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[size="+2"][color="#000000"][size="2"][font="Arial"]In Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti." -The Boondock Saints.[/font]
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[AudreyGrace]

"We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures; we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of his Son."-John Paul 2

"Preach the Gospel at all times; if necessary, use words." - St. Francis of Assisi.

"What good is walking somewhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching?" -St. Francis of Assisi.

"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you." -St. Augustine.

"God loved you into existence. Help love somebody else into realizing His existence." -Anonymous

"This is part of the infinite goodness of God, that he should allow evil to exist, and out of it produce good." -St. Thomas Aquinas, [i]Summa Theologica[/i]
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"You are my lamp, O Lord! O my God, you brighten the darkness about me." -2Samuel 22:29

"For we are God's co-workers; you are God's field, God's building." -1Corinthians 3:9

"For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are rational, it is for you." -2Corinthians 5:13

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[list][*][/list]A non-smoking area is like a no-peeing area in a pool. - MissScripture

[BG45]

Every morning I spend fifteen minutes filling my mind full of God; and so there's no room left for worry thoughts. ~Howard Chandler Christy

"Miracles do not happen in contradiction to nature,
but only in contradiction to what is known to us of
nature."
-Saint Augustine

"To serve God is to reign"
- St. Antoninus

Our true nationality is mankind.
- H. G. Wells, 1921

"The past tempts us, the present confuses us, and the future frightens us."
-Emperor Turhan of the Centauri Republic, Babylon 5: The Coming of Shadows

Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things pass, God never changes. Patience gains all things, He who has God Finds he lacks nothing, God alone suffices.
-Saint Teresa de Avila

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning. - C.S. Lewis

"The spiritual combat in which we kill our passions to put on the new man is the most difficult struggle of all. We must never weary of this combat, but fight the holy fight fervently and perseveringly." -- St. Nilus

"Law is the art of the good and the fair."
--Ulpian, Roman judge, around 200 Anno Domini.

"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried." -G.K. Chesterton

"We don't tell children stories to teach them that there are dragons. Children know there are dragons; they meet them every day. We tell children stories to teach them that dragons can be slain."
-G.K. Chesterton

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on all who live in this way and persevere in it to the end. - St. Francis of Assisi

"You are not a body. You are a soul. You have a body." - C.S. Lewis

"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God." - Corrie Ten Boom

"Discouragement is the enemy of your perseverance. If you don't fight discouragement, you will become pessimistic. Be an optimist." – Cappie

The heart itself is but a small vessel, yet dragons are there, and there are also lions; there are poisonous beasts and all the treasures of evil. But there too is God, the angels, the life and the kingdom, the light and the apostles, the heavenly cities and the treasuries of grace—all things are there. -St Macarius-
"Because God is the very embodiment of love, the more you are led by God's love, the more you become yourself" Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

"God transcends every thought and name." St. Gregory of Nyssa

"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point." - C.S. Lewis

When something turns out not very well do not be disturbed but be confident that from it God will draw some good. - St Anthony Mary Gianelli

"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." Winston Churchill

Piety is the bond which ties us close to God and, for his sake, to others too since we see Christ in them.- St Josemaria Escriva

Intimacy with the Lord is not a matter of physical kinship; it is achieved by cheerful readiness to do the will of God.- Saint Basil the Great


I shall love You, I shall love You always; when day breaks, when evening turns into night, at every hour, at every moment; I shall love You always, always, always. ~St. Gemma Galgani

“When the intellect attains to the form of truth, it does not think, but perfectly contemplates the truth.” - St. Thomas Aquinas

“Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful” --Benjamin Franklin

If Sampson killed 10,000 with the jawbone of an arse, how much more can God fight with a complete arse like me? -St. Cupertino

Where they see the blood of the Lord, demons flee and angels gather. - St. John Crysotom

An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.-Chesterton

“The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.” --William James

Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen. --Reinhold Niebuhr

“I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.” Lewis Carroll


"There are two irreconcilable enemies in the depth of every soul: good and evil, sin and love. And what use are the victories on the battlefield if we are ourselves are defeated in our innermost personal selves?"~ St. Maximilian Kolbe
"The sinner tends toward non-being" -St. Bonaventure

The devil loves 'curing' a small fault by giving you a great one. - C.S. Lewis

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot. - Saint Augustine


Occupy your minds with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones. – St. Thomas More

"When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on you: it will be a crown of triumph."
--St. Josemaria Escriva

"Sanctity is easy. God does not scare us away. You do not have to scourge yourself or fast or pray long hours. Just do your duty in school, at home, at work. Take sufferings as they come--bad weather, disappointments, physical illness, sorrow; that will make you saints." St. John Bosco

One should count each day a separate life. -Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)

(Yes I do keep a Word document of inspiring quotes for myself to read when I need reminded of who I am as a Catholic and who I am called to be as a child of God.)

[SoonerCatholic]

Profound:[i] Faith is not belief without proof but trust without reservation. [/i](Unknown, I learned this quote in CCD)

Snarky: [i]Never interrupt an enemy while he is making a mistake.[/i] (Unknown, but I did have a classmate who used it as her senior quote)

My senior quote:[i] I believe in the sun even when it is not shining. I believe in love even when feeling it not. I believe in God even when he is silent[/i]. (Jewish Proverb; although a Google search suggest it also comes from a Barlow Girl song or from Irish proverbs )

Edited January 21, 2011 by SoonerCatholic

[BG45]

Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

--Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

[Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam]

[quote name='SoonerCatholic' timestamp='1295576044' post='2202421']
Snarky: [i]Never interrupt an enemy while he is making a mistake.[/i] (Unknown, but I did have a classmate who used it as her senior quote)
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The actual quote is by Napoleon Bonaparte.

[Hinter dem Horizont]

One of my favourite quotes is a Buddhist one.

"THOUGH ONE COULD CONQUER A THOUSAND MEN A THOUSAND TIMES IN BATTLE, HE WHO CONQUERS HIMSELF IS THE GREATEST OF ALL CONQUERORS" ~ Guatama

Easily related to Christians. People are sometimes their own worst enemies.

Edited January 21, 2011 by Hinter dem Horizont