Quote for the Day! - Archive

Friday, Apr 28, 2023

“If you are wise, then, know that you have been created for the glory of God and your own eternal salvation. This is your goal; this is the center of your life; this is the treasure of your heart. If you reach this goal, you will find happiness. If you fail to reach it, you will find misery.”

Saint Robert Bellarmine
Italian bishop, theologian, confessor & one of the Thirty-Seven Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1542 - 1621)

Thursday, Apr 27, 2023

“And I saw that truly nothing happens by accident or luck, but everything by God's wise providence...for matters that have been in God's foreseeing wisdom, since before time began, befall us suddenly, all unawares; and so in our blindness and ignorance we say that this is accident or luck, but to our Lord God it is not so.”

Juliana of Norwich
English mystic, anchorite and author of the first book written in English by a woman.
(1343 - 1416)

Wednesday, Apr 26, 2023

“It is not the actual physical exertion that counts towards a man's progress, nor the nature of the task, but by the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken.”

Saint Francis Xavier, SJ
Spanish Navarrese Catholic missionary who was a co-founder of the Society of Jesus (the "Jesuits").
(1506 - 1552)

Tuesday, Apr 25, 2023

“A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us.'”

Saint Anthony the Great
Egyptian Christian monk.
(251AD - 356AD)

Monday, Apr 24, 2023

“Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God's will.”

Saint Francis de Sales
French Friar, Bishop and One of the Thirty-Seven Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1567 - 1622)

Friday, Apr 21, 2023

“While the world changes, the cross stands firm.”

Saint Bruno of Cologne
German priest and founder of the Carthusian Order.
(1030 - 1101)

Thursday, Apr 20, 2023

“Lord, I do not ask for a lighter burden; I ask you for a stronger spine.”

Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Mystic, Carmelite Nun & One of the Thirty-Seven Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1515 - 1582)

Wednesday, Apr 19, 2023

“Christ's teaching will never let us down, while worldly wisdom always will.”

Saint Vincent de Paul
Patron saint of charitable societies. Spent two years in slavery after being taken captive by Barbary pirates.
(1581 - 1660)

Tuesday, Apr 18, 2023

“Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.”

Saint Francis de Sales
French Friar, Bishop and One of the Thirty-Seven Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1567 - 1622)

Monday, Apr 17, 2023

“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”

Saint Teresa of Calcutta (aka Mother Teresa)
Foundress of the Missionaries of Charity.
(1910 - 1997)

Friday, Apr 14, 2023

“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desire, and his disposition live and reign there.”

Saint John Eudes
French priest and founder of both the Order of Our Lady of Charity & Congregation of Jesus and Mary.
(1601 - 1680)

Thursday, Apr 13, 2023

“To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth - that is not living, that is existing.”

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Italian Catholic activist & member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic.
(1901 - 1925)

Wednesday, Apr 12, 2023

“Cheerfulness prepares a glorious mind for all the noblest acts.”

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
American religious sister, founder of American parochial school system and the Sisters of Charity.
(1774 - 1821)

Tuesday, Apr 11, 2023

“We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.”

Saint Francis of Assisi
Friar, preacher, and founder of the Order of Friars Minor (the "Franciscans").
(1182 - 1226)

Monday, Apr 10, 2023

“Don't be discouraged by anxieties and troubles. Life is full of them.”

Saint John-Baptiste de La Salle
French priest, educational reformer and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
(1651 - 1719)

Friday, Apr 07, 2023

“Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident.
(1906 - 1945)

Thursday, Apr 06, 2023

“Remember...that you are redeemed of the Lord [Ephesians 1:7]-that you are bought with a price [1 Corinthians 6:20], even the inestimable price of the precious blood of the Son of God...Acquaint yourselves with Him in His word and holy ordinances.”

William Samuel Johnson
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1727 - 1819)

Wednesday, Apr 05, 2023

“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.”

B. F. Skinner
American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher.
(1904 - 1990)

Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023

“And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.”

Joseph Story
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
(1779 - 1845)

Monday, Apr 03, 2023

“The good God smoothes out obstacles if we are careful to leave everything in His hands.”

Saint Julie Billiart
Foundress and first superior-general of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
(1751 - 1816)