Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pope Francis

Such self-denial 'may appear demanding,' but it will allow you, so to speak, to be and to breathe within the heart of the church.

Pope Francis

We hear many offers from the world around us; but let us take up God's offer instead: his is a caress of love. For God, we are not numbers, we are important, indeed we are the most important thing to him; even if we are sinners, we are what is closest to his heart.

Pope Francis

For this the Gospel offers us a serene way forward: using the three languages of the mind, heart and hands – and to use them in harmony. What you think, you must feel and put into effect. Your information comes down to your heart and you put it into practice. Harmoniously. What you think, you feel, and you do. Feel what you think and feel what you do. Do what you think and what you feel. The three languagesTo think. To feel. To do. And all in harmony…

Pope Francis

I wish to make add my voice to the cry which rises up with increasing anguish from every part of the world, from every people, from the heart of each person, from the one great family which is humanity: it is the cry for peace!

Pope Francis

"Do you love me?"; "Are you my friend?". The One who scrutinizes hearts (cf. Rom 8:27), makes himself a beggar of love and questions us on the one truly essential issue, a premiss and condition for feeding his sheep, his lambs, his Church. May every ministry be based on this intimacy with the Lord; living from him is the measure of our ecclesial service which is expressed in the readiness to obey, to humble ourselves, as we heard in the Letter to the Philippians, and for the total gift of self.

Pope Francis

Humanity needs justice, peace and love and we can have this only by returning with our hearts towards God who is the source of all this.

Pope Francis

When you meet the needy your heart grows bigger

Pope Francis

Today too, as at her origins, the Church... cries out:“Veni, Sancte Spiritus! Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love!” Amen.

Pope Francis

Money is needed to bring about many good things but when your heart is attached, it destroys you

Pope Francis

We are all sinners. We are called to a conversion of heart

Pope Francis

Things from the heart don't have an explanation.

Pope Francis

Forgiveness is not a result of our efforts, but is a gift. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit who showers us with mercy and grace that pours forth unceasingly from the open heart of Christ crucified and risen.

Pope Francis

The love of Christ fills our hearts and makes us always able to forgive!

Pope Francis

Dear parents, have great patience, and forgive from the depths of your heart.

Pope Francis

Obeying God is listening to God, having an open heart to follow the path that God points out to us

Pope Francis

Essential to the attainment of these national goals is the moral imperative of ensuring social justice and respect for human dignity. The great biblical tradition enjoins on all peoples the duty to hear the voice of the poor. It bids us to break the bonds of injustice and oppression which give rise to glaring, and indeed, scandalous social inequalities. Reforming the social structures which perpetuate poverty and the exclusion of the poor first requires a conversion of mind and heart.

Pope Francis

The great danger in today's world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasures, and a blunted conscience. Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor.

Pope Francis

Let us allow God to fill our hearts with his goodness and mercy.

Pope Francis

Let those desert places in our hearts bloom.

Pope Francis

Your sins are great? Just tell the Lord: Forgive me, help me to get up again, change my heart!

Pope Francis

There is so much noise in the world! May we learn to be silent in our hearts and before God.

Pope Francis

The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful.

Pope Francis

At times we can be self-absorbed. Lord, help us to open our hearts to others and to serve those who are most vulnerable.

Pope Francis

The Lord is knocking at the door of our hearts. Have we put a sign on the door saying: 'Do not disturb'?

Rachel Boston

I'm a Tennessean at heart, and a New Yorker in spirit.

Rachel Caine

Moi?” He put his hand over his heart and did his best wounded-innocent look. “You must be thinking of some other uncouth jackass. Which makes me jealous, by the way.

Rabindranath Tagore

Ah, thou hast made my heart captive in the endless meshes of thy music, my master!

Phil McGraw

Grief is a process to go through, not a destination in which to wallow. In a process, you keep putting one foot in front of the other, and each little step is part of your healing.

Phil McGraw

People have the right to think and say whatever they want to. But you have the right not to take it to heart, and not to react.

Peter Yarrow

The spirit of Woody Guthrie lives in the heart of Chris Chandler.

Peter Yarrow

When people sing together, community is created. Together we rejoice, we celebrate, we mourn and we comfort each other. Through music, we reach each others hearts and souls. Music allows us to find a connection.

Peter Ackroyd

Familial love can find an echo in our own hearts just as it did in that of Charles Dickens.

Pete Wentz

He felt homesick for places he had never been. He missed hearts he had never loved.