Saint Quotes

"In the field of creativity & art, to create is to take a leap of faith into the quiet canvas of your own imagination."

"Art is the expression of our deepest questions, painted in colors that words cannot reach. As a scientist & scholar, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"Every act of creation begins with a willing heart and the courage to make a mistake."

"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

"True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new."

"Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."

"I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin."

"In the field of motivation & action, do not wait for a clear sky; the most resilient journeys begin in the midst of the storm."

"Success is not a destination of comfort, but the daily practice of stepping into the unknown. As a poet & novelist, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"Your potential is a fire waiting to be kindled by the friction of consistent effort."

"We boil at different degrees."

"If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster."

"There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again."

"God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through."

"Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power."

"The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church."

"My longing for truth was a single prayer."

"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."

"Both spiritual companionship and spiritual motherliness are not limited to the physical wife and mother relationship, but they extend to all people with whom woman comes into contact."

"If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him."

"The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are."

"Since Mary is the prototype of pure womanhood, the imitation of Mary must be the goal of girls' education."

"This is a serious warning cry: Surrender without reservation to the Lord who has called us. This is required of us so that the face of the earth may be renewed."

"In order to be an image of God, the spirit must turn to what is eternal, hold it in spirit, keep it in memory, and by loving it, embrace it in the will."

"During my early years, I was mercurially lively, always in motion, spilling over with pranks, impertinent and precocious, and, at the same time, intractably stubborn and angry if anything went against my will."

"The emotions have been seen as the center of woman's soul. For that reason, emotional formation will have to be centrally placed in woman's formation."

"All our own present experiences are primordial. What could be more primordial than experience itself?"

"Because human development is the most specific and exalted mission of woman, studies in anthropology and theory of pedagogy are essential in girls' education."

"As the possessor of complete knowledge, God is not mistaken about people's experiences as people are mistaken about each others' experiences."

"Whoever resorts regularly to the lessons of Holy Scripture as an apt pupil will take the Savior into her group, and the children will perceive that He is present and that He assists in their work; thus, He will take possession of their souls."