31 Days of Inspiring Saint Quotes
Day 1 – St. Augustine (Aug. 28)
“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”
Day 2 – St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Oct. 1)
“Do small things with great love.”
Day 3 – St. Francis of Assisi (Oct. 4)
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
Day 4 – St. Padre Pio (Sept. 23)
“Pray, hope, and don’t worry.”
Day 5 – St. Teresa of Ávila (Oct. 15)
“Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you; all things are passing away: God never changes.”
Day 6 – St. Catherine of Siena (Apr. 29)
“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”
Day 7 – St. John Paul II (Oct. 22)
“Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ.”
Day 8 – St. Maximilian Kolbe (Aug. 14)
“The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits.”
Day 9 – St. Benedict (July 11)
“Prefer nothing whatever to Christ.”
Day 10 – St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Sept. 5)
“If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.”
Day 11 – St. Josemaría Escrivá (June 26)
“When you approach the tabernacle, remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries.”
Day 12 – St. Ignatius of Loyola (July 31)
“Go forth and set the world on fire.”
Day 13 – St. John Vianney (Aug. 4)
“The priest is not a priest for himself—he is for you.”
Day 14 – St. Dominic (Aug. 8)
“Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; be clothed with humility rather than fine clothes.”
Day 15 – St. Bernard of Clairvaux (Aug. 20)
“What we love we shall grow to resemble.”
Day 16 – St. Louis de Montfort (Apr. 28)
“Mary is the safest, easiest, shortest and most perfect way of approaching Jesus.”
Day 17 – St. Ambrose (Dec. 7)
“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.”
Day 18 – St. John of the Cross (Dec. 14)
“In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.”
Day 19 – St. Philip Neri (May 26)
“Cheerfulness strengthens the heart and makes us persevere in a good life. Therefore the servant of God ought always to be in good spirits.”
Day 20 – St. Jerome (Sept. 30)
“Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.”
Day 21 – St. Clare of Assisi (Aug. 11)
“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become.”
Day 22 – St. Anthony of Padua (June 13)
“Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.”
Day 23 – St. Gregory the Great (Sept. 3)
“The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things.”
Day 24 – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Jan. 4)
“The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God.”
Day 25 – St. Thomas Aquinas (Jan. 28)
“To love is to will the good of another.”
Day 26 – St. Alphonsus Liguori (Aug. 1)
“Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love.”
Day 27 – St. Bonaventure (July 15)
“When we pray, the voice of the heart must be heard more than that proceeding from the mouth.”
Day 28 – St. John Chrysostom (Sept. 13)
“The rich man is not one who has much, but one who gives much. For what he gives away remains his forever.”
Day 29 – St. Francis de Sales (Jan. 24)
“Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them.”
Day 30 – St. Polycarp (Feb. 23)
“Eighty and six years I have served Him, and He has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme my King and my Savior?”
Day 31 – St. John Henry Newman (Oct. 9)
“God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another.”
