Sainthood Quotes

“We must be saints. You don't have to be a priest or a nun to be a saint. We're all called to be saints.”

“A holy person is a human being in whom the mystery of the God-man is no longer a paradox but a living reality.”

“To be saints is not a privilege for the few, but a vocation for everyone.”

“To be a saint is to be inflamed with the love of God.”

“The saints are the truly realistic people.”

“What's a saint? A saint is someone who has been with Jesus and has come away looking a little like Him.”

“The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most... but it is he who is always thankful to God, who wills everything that God willeth.”

“The sinner is at the very heart of Christianity. Nobody is so competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. Nobody, except the saint.”

“Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed that easily.”

“The sin of the world is mediocrity. The saints are the men who have raised themselves above it.”

“She had a vague, lingering notion that a woman who could not be a hero might yet be a saint.”

“A saint is not someone who never sins, but one who sins less and less frequently and gets up more and more quickly.”

“The only real tragedy in life is not to be a saint.”

“A good school provides a rounded education for the whole person. And a good Catholic school, over and above this, should help all its students to become saints.”

“The world is watching, and it is waiting for us to be saints.”