Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Saint Augustine Quotes
DesireIntentionInner StrengthAuthorityFulfillment Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
EthicsIntentional LivingIntegritySpiritual PursuitHappiness To seek the highest good is to live well.
Self-ControlMoralityTemptationFateConsequence To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
SpiritualityPurityResilience The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
Self-ActualizationFoundationGrowthHumilityPerfection Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
Self-AwarenessInner BeautyMindfulnessHuman Potential Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
FriendshipJudgmentRelationshipTrustConflict Resolution If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
ForgivenessRedemptionSalvation Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
HumilityExaltationHeartVirtueSelf-Improvement There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
Humility Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
HumilityGrowthBalanceFoundationPerseverance Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
TruthDiscernmentCommunication A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
ReligionContinuityTruthHistory The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.
JusticeSovereigntyCorruptionTyranny In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
KnowledgeExperienceGrowthPerspectiveWisdom The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
Divine WisdomTransformationRedemptionToleranceConsequence God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
SufferingSinDivinitySacrifice God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
TimeKnowledgeUnderstanding What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
BeautyGood vs EvilMoralityEqualityDeception Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
FaithKnowledgeProcessGrowthBalance Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
Bad CompanyInfluenceConsequenceCaution Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.
GoodnessCharacterPerspective If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
GratitudeSelf-ReflectionServiceGenerosityCompassion Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
MiraclesKnowledgeNature Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
ConfessionRedemptionGoodnessNew Beginnings The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
VanityEmptinessDangerWorldly Honors The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
LoveRelationshipPain What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.
SoulSpiritLife The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
IntrospectionSelf-DiscoverySpiritual SearchInner Truth I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
WisdomComfortBurden I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
DutyRecognitionHumilityMoralityIntegrity No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
GuiltAdulteryIntentMorality Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
Human NaturePleasure and PainInstinctsAnimal Behavior We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.