Some Favorite Quotes

The men of the East may spell the stars
And the times and triumphs mark
But the men signed of the Cross of Christ
Go gaily in the dark.
~Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Know thyself, and thy faults, and thus live.
-St. Augustine

Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.
-J.RR Tolkien

O God, come to my assistance!
O Lord, make haste to help me!

Our hearts are restless until they rest in you, Lord.
-St. Augustine.

Always do right. This will gratify some and astonish others.
-Mark Twain

For the great Gaels of Ireland
Are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry,
And all their songs are sad.
-GKC

We have loved them dearly during life, so let us not abandon them until we have conducted them by our prayers into the house of the Lord.”
-St. Ambrose.

It is charity that gives unity to all the virtues that make a man perfect.
-St. Alphonsus Ligouri

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning.” Lamentations 3:22

“Memento mori.”

The soul’s true life and response are to abide in God.
-St. Albert the Great

If a ray of heavenly light could draw aside the veil from your eyes, you would see these suffering souls hoving around each station with upraised arms imploring you, ‘Have pity on me, have pity on me! Make the way of the cross for me, your father, your mother, your friend!’
St. Leonard or Port Maurice

God’s will—nothing more, nothing less, nothing else.
-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Our very nature is fire, created in the fire of His love. He is the fire, and we are the sparks
-St. Catherine of Siena

I will pray to You that You may give me holiness, and to all the living and dead, pardon, that someday we may all be together with You, our dearest God.
-St. John Neumann

Some souls would suffer in purgatory until the Day of Judgment if they were not relieved by the prayers of the Church.
-St. Robert Bellarmine.

Our dead are among the invisible, not among the absent.
-Pope John XXIII

The more the soul loves, the more it desires to love, and the greater its suffering, the greater its healing. -St. Columban

Let the love and compassion for your neighbor lead you to the holy table; for nothing is so well calculated to obtain eternal rest for the holy souls.
-St. Bonaventure.

Have confidence in your guardian angel. Treat him as a lifelong friend—that is what he is—and he will render you a thousand services in the ordinary affairs of the day.”
-St. Josemaria Escriva

There is a need of living well, but there is more need of dying well. A good death is everything.
-Bl. Louis Guanella

The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace.
-Mother Theresa of Calcutta

To Mary was given the power, by her intercession and merits, to release the souls from purgatory, particularly those that were foremost in their devotion to her.
-St Bernardine of Siena

“And the king rose to meet her, and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne, and had a seat brought for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right. Then she said ‘I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.’ And the king said to her, ‘Make your request my mother; for I will not refuse you.’”
-1 Kings 2

The rosary beats the rhythm of human life. It is a compendium of the gospel
-JPII.

Of course Our Lady is the Coredeptrix. She gave us Jesus, the redeemer, so she is the co-redeemer.
-Mother Theresa of Calcutta

An Elvin-maid there was of old,
A shining star by day:
Her mantle white was hemmed with gold,
Her shoes of silver gray….
-The Lay of the Maiden Nimrodel

And there was death on the Emperor
And night upon the Pope;
And Alfred , hiding in deep grass
Hardened his heart with hope.
-GKC

When you call me that, smile.
-The Virginian

Mansfield, you missed me again, just like your broken-down neck did at the gorge the other day. And if ya don’t kill me by missin’ me, you’re gonna kill me with your poison cookin’.
-Old Man Bloodshy, Hot Lead and Cold Feet

I got the edge on him: I know he’s here, and he knows I know he’s here, but he doesn’t know that I know he knows I know he’s here. So I’ve got the edge.
-Hot Lead and Cold Feet

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
-Lord of the Rings