Saint Patrick Quotes
Born: March 17, 385
Saint Patrick, the fifth-century patron saint of Ireland, is revered not only as a missionary but as a profound voice of wisdom and resilience. His life journey—from enslaved shepherd to spiritual leader—forged a philosophy rooted in unwavering faith, gratitude, and the triumph of light over darkness. Patrick’s writings, especially his *Confessio*, reveal a humble soul who saw the divine in nature and daily struggle. His quotes resonate because they transform hardship into hope, urging us to embrace courage, simplicity, and trust in a higher purpose. Today, his legacy endures as a timeless guide for navigating life’s trials with grace.
Saint Patrick Quotes (22)
"Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me."
— Saint Patrick"The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough."
— Saint Patrick"I have a Creator who knew all things, even before they were made - even me, his poor little child."
— Saint Patrick"I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many."
— Saint Patrick"The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins."
— Saint Patrick"I most certainly believe that it is the gift of God that I am what I am. And so I dwell amongst barbarians, a proselyte and an exile, for the love of God."
— Saint Patrick"I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me."
— Saint Patrick"I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen, though I be despised by some."
— Saint Patrick"Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall."
— Saint Patrick"Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath promised and who never lies."
— Saint Patrick"I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worthy nor such a one as that he should grant this to me, since I know most surely that poverty and affliction become me better than delights and riches."
— Saint Patrick"Let who will scoff and revile - I will not remain silent; neither will I conceal the signs and wonders which have been shown to me by the Lord, who knew all things even before the time of this world, many years before, just as they happened."
— Saint Patrick"Avarice is a deadly sin."
— Saint Patrick"It was not any grace in me, but God that put this earnest care into my heart, that I should be one of the hunters or fishers whom long ago God foreshowed would come in the last days."
— Saint Patrick"He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father."
— Saint Patrick"The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God."
— Saint Patrick"No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God."
— Saint Patrick"On occasion, I used to give presents to the kings, besides the hire that I gave to to their sons who accompany me; and nevertheless, they seized me with my companions."
— Saint Patrick"That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken."
— Saint Patrick"I have had the good fortune through my God that I should never abandon his people whom I have acquired in the extremities of the earth."
— Saint Patrick"The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked."
— Saint Patrick"Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me."
— Saint Patrick