The word Catholic comes from the Greek phrase καθόλου, meaning “on the whole”, “according to the whole” or “in general”, and is a combination of the Greek words κατά meaning “about” and ὅλος meaning “whole”. Profoundly inspirational Catholic quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.
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Famous Catholic Quotes
Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome
Why, then, do you wander wide, poor child of earth, in your search after goods for body and soul? Love the One Good, in whom all good things are, and it is enough. For what do you love, O my flesh? What do you desire, O my soul? There it is, there it is: whatever you love, whatever you desire. St. Anselm
Since Christ Himself has said, This is My Body who shall dare to doubt that It is His Body? St. Cyril of Jerusalem
Everything that is done out of Love acquires greatness and beauty. St. Josemaria Escriva
Teach us to give and not count the cost. St. İgnatius de Loyola
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. St. Augustine
Man becomes an image of God not so much in the moment of solitude as in the moment of communion. Pope St. John Paul II
Don’t you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: Fools! Leave those worldly things that shackle the heart and very often degrade it leave all that and come with us in search of Love! St. Josemaria Escriva
There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the catholic church to be. Fulton J. Sheen
For me prayer is a surge of the heart, it is a simple look towards Heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy. St. Therese of Lisieux
The danger today is in believing there are no sick people, there is only a sick society. Fulton J. Sheen
To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them. St. Thomas Aquinas
The principle Trap that the devil sets for young people is idleness. John Bosco
On the question of relating to our fellowman our neighbor’s spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love. St. Teresa Benedicta
The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrifice, and with extreme effort. St. Padre Pio
If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze! St. Catherine of Sienna
The habit of asking why has ruined the world. St. Padre Pio
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; and where there is sadness, joy. St. Francis
He who knows how to forgive prepares for himself many graces from God. As often as I look upon the cross, so often will I forgive with all my heart. St Faustina, St. Faustina’s diary
Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you. St. Augustine of Hippo
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Bernard Of Clairvaux
Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity. St. Vincent de Paul
He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor. Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! St. Augustine
The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility. St Bernard
O Master, make me chaste, but not yet! St. Augustine
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations. St Bernard
Eat my flesh Jesus says, ‘and drink my blood.The Lord supplies us with these intimate nutrients, he delivers over his flesh and pours out his blood, and nothing is lacking for the growth of his children St. Clement of Alexandria
Priests have received a power which God has given neither to angels nor to archangels. It was said to them: Whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose, shall be loosed. Temporal rulers have indeed the power of binding; but they can only bind the body. Priests, in contrast, can bind with a bond which pertains to the soul itself and transcends the very heavens. Did God not give them all the powers of heaven?What greater power is there than this? The Father has given all judgment to the Son. And now I see the Son placing all this power in the hands of men. They are raised to this dignity as if they were already gathered up to heaven St. John Chrysostom
It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman. Pope John Paul II
The nation doesn’t simply need what we have. It needs what we are. St. Teresa Benedicta
Speak the truth in a million voices. It is silence that kills. St Catherine Of Siena
We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Right is right if no one’s doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it. St Augustine
We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials St. Teresa of Avila
If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe but yourself. St Augustine
Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church St. Ignatius of Antioch
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let is choose; it will defend itself. Augustine of Hippo
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few! St. Teresa of Avila
Truth suffers, but never dies. St Teresa
Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could. St. Gregory Nazianzen
Only God can see what is in the bottom of our hearts; we are half blind. St Therese Of Lisieux
Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort me and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger. St. Patrick
To the one who had faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. St Thomas Aquinas
Christ said, I am the Truth he did not say I am the custom. St. Toribio
The endurance of darkness is the preparation for great light. St John
All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly. St. Thomas Aquinas
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. St. Teresa of Avila
I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness. Mother Teresa
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, who was of the seed of David; and for drink I desire his blood, which is love incorruptible St. Ignatius of Antioch
You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all. St. Therese of Lisieux
Loneliness and the feeling of the unwanted is the most terrible poverty. Mother Teresa
You must ask God to give you power to fight against the sin of pride which is your greatest enemy the root of all that is evil, and the failure of all that is good. For God resists the proud. St. Vincent de Paul
A man may stand for the justice of God, but a woman stands for his Mercy. Fulton J. Sheen
Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors. St. Therese of Lisieux
The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the source of law. Fulton J. Sheen
When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries. St. Josemaria Escriva
Whatever you do, think of the Glory of God as your main goal. John Bosco
From silly devotions and sour faced saints, good Lord, deliver us St. Teresa of Avila
God enriches the soul which empties itself of everything. St. Padre Pio
Love God, serve God; everything is in that. St. Clare of Assisi
Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God’s heart. St Padre Pio
Pray with great confidence, with confidence based upon the goodness and infinite generosity of God and upon the promises of Jesus Christ. God is a spring of living water which flows unceasingly into the hearts of those who pray. St. Louis de Montfort
Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends. St Alphonsus Liguori
Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven. St. Rose of Lima
Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God. Saint Ignatius of Loyola
The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed anything comparable to this? Let the philosopher no longer disdain from listening to the common laborer; the wise, to the simple; the educated, to the illiterate; a child of a prince, to a peasant. St. Anthony of Padua
God removes the sin of the one who makes humble confession, and thereby the devil loses the sovereignty he had gained over the human heart. St Bernard
Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved. St. Robert Bellarmine
Spiritual life is like living water that springs up from the very depths of our own spiritual experience. In spiritual life everyone has to drink from his or her own well. St Bernard
Whether, therefore, we receive what we ask for, or do not receive it, let us still continue steadfast in prayer. For to fail in obtaining the desires of our heart, when God so wills it, is not worse than to receive it; for we know not as He does, what is profitable to us. St. John Chrysostom
None can sense more deeply than you artists, ingenious creators of beauty that you are, something of the pathos with which God at the dawn of creation looked upon the work of his hands. Pope John Paul II
What does the poor man do at the rich man’s door, the sick man in the presence of his physician, the thirsty man at a limpid stream? What they do, I do before the Eucharistic God. I pray. I adore. I love. St. Francis
Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire. St Catherine Of Siena
Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to heaven. Pope St. Pius X
All the way to heaven is heaven because Jesus said, ‘I am the way. St Catherine Of Siena
We will either accuse ourselves or excuse ourselves St. John Vianney
God provides the wind, man must raise the sail. St Augustine
If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark. St. John of the Cross
Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature. St Augustine
He loves, He hopes, He waits. If He came down on our altars on certain days only, some sinner, on being moved to repentance, might have to look for Him, and not finding Him, might have to wait. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep him waiting one instant St. Julian Peter Eymard
Though has made us for thyself, O Lord and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.
Love is the most necessary of all virtues. Love in the person who preaches the word of God is like fire in a musket. If a person were to throw a bullet with his hands, he would hardly make a dent in anything; but if the person takes the same bullet and ignites some gunpowder behind it, it can kill. It is much the same with the word of God. If it is spoken by someone who is filled with the fire of charity, the fire of love of God and neighbor it will work wonders. St. Antoni Mary Claret
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him; the greatest human adventure.
Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own eyes. St. Pio of Pietrelcina
Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything. St Teresa
