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“I am not God, only God can say. I might just say I don’t want again but what if God says it’s time for you to settle down again. So it’s not a closed door for me when it comes to marriage.”
Doris Simeon (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I give God all the glory. It is not by my making, and it is not like I am the best. It is just that God has been merciful to me. In actual fact, a lot of people started before me and after me, and they are nowhere to be found again. But I thank God that I am still relevant and I plan to continue to put in my best.”
Rachel Oniga (1957–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dearest brother, Thank you for wanting to help me. I would rather die than abandoning the forty-three persons for whom I am responsible. Pray for us, that we may come to God. Say ‘goodbye’ to our old mother and our brother. When I come to God, I shall pray for you. Keep well. Thank you for thinking of me. If God saves us, as we hope, we shall see each other tomorrow.”
Félicité Niyitegeka (1934–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The greatest lesson life has taught me is to fear God. Once you fear God you will approach everything in life with the fear of God, therefore you wouldn’t do what you are not supposed to do.”
Kofoworola Bucknor (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes it's so hard with a lot of people: They think if it is about God, you're not going to get sick. Many times, I tried to explain, yes, God will protect you, but that God also gave you intelligence.”
Alberto Rojas (born 1965) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'Everything is Hispanic ministry': An interview with Bishop Alberto Rojas (4 May 2022) National Catholic Reporter
“Charity is to love as God loves, to love because God loves and to love what God loves. A joyful community is an appealing community.”
Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez (born 1969) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Communities that welcome with joy: the key to missionary awakening (2 April 2019) Fides News Agency
“How do we accept God's mercy, God's help? The Church's fellowship? The Church's aid? How do we help each other on this way? The key word is "inclusion": we are all included under sin, and we are all included under God's mercy. So, include people in difficulty, and help them.”
Christoph Schönborn (born 1945) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Card. Schönborn: Reconciliation key to 'accompaniment' (2016) Vatican Radio
“God chose me and every baptized Christian to be a missionary, to be always ready to serve His people with humility, doing our best, listening and praying. My mission is to meet, to visit the people of God , sharing the word of God and announcing the Gospel.”
Samson Shukardin (born 1961) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Shukardin: "God chose us to spread the Gospel" (14 December 2018) Fides News Agency
“We must work for this. Our God is the God of life and life is his gift. In no way can we be among those who work for death, on the contrary we must work for life. The Congress was a call to all men and women to remember we are loved by God and we must love him in return.”
Hugolino Cerasuolo Stacey (1932–2019) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At the end of the Eucharistic Congress Fides spoke with some of the participants: “The Congress was a cry to all men and women to remember that they are loved by God ” (18 October 2004) Fides News Agency
“We are all hurting and in need of God's mercy. Mercy isn't just for a certain category of people. We all stand in the need of God's mercy. And, at the same time, the Spirit is working in a lot of situations that, on the face of it, do not correspond to church teaching. That's what I mean when I say that God’s grace is greater than the channels we often imagine.”
Paul-André Durocher (born 1954) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Archbishop Durocher: Address violence against women, empower women in the church (23 October 2015) America
“I believe that God orders people’s destinies and whatever comes your way is a risk and whatever you take up to do in life, as long as you believe in God, and believe in yourself, God will sort it out with you”
Kaletapwa Farauta (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When God gives you a vision and you do it, with His help you will succeed. When I have challenges, I go to God and He helps me out. As a woman you can achieve a lot by being nice to people. Be charismatic. Always leave your problem at home. Pray and ask God to help you, He is always there to help.”
Adeyinka Gladys Falusi (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is the grace of God. Also, if God gives you the grace to live long, you have to work hard too. There should also be a lifestyle adjustment. It is a gift of God. You can’t rule out the efficacy of prayers.”
Adetoun Ogunsheye (born 1926) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My discernment was that I really want to do the will of God. How I was asked — I felt this was God's will. My position, not only in this, but in life, is that when God is asking me to do something, I want to look for ways to say yes.”
Ronald Aldon Hicks (born 1967) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Ronald Hicks: Service to orphans changed his life (6 September 2018) Chicago Catholic
“A house without a picture, my mother used to say, is like a heart without a god,” Mrs. Zagretti says. “When I pray to God, I need a picture in front of my eyes.” “We Jews carry God in our hearts,” Betty replies with an edge in her voice.”
Blume Lempel (1910–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Until we Christians see that the Gospel's good news of redemption applies to the earth, as well as the earthling, we will proliferate the sin of raping God's good earth. God's work of redemption in Jesus Christ encompasses the whole of creation and provides the grounds for restoring the brokenness in the relationship of humankind to creation, and the relationship of both to God.”
Robert H. Meneilly (1925–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Maybe we also take our life for granted and forget that life is not ours, but a gift from God and must be given back to him. God is asking us to take care of our lives, not just our lives here on earth, but especially our afterlife; God is telling us to take care of each other.”
Julius Dusin Gitom (born 1957) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Bishop in Sabah: "Christ's mission continues in the midst of the pandemic" (10 November 2021) Fides News Agency
“If by the grace of God, I've got a voice why shouldn't I use it? In fact, I've decided that after this I am always going to find a voice to espouse. Why shouldn't I? I think that is why God has given me life beyond retirement and I think that every day after retirement I must use it to worship God.”
Sophia Akuffo (born 1949) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sophia Akuffo promises 'more fire' on issues of national interest, Ghana Web, 16 February 2023.
“Happiness is believing and knowing God is in control. It is being comfortable with myself, knowing myself and making God a vital part of my life. Happiness is in knowing that God loves me and I have nothing to fear.”
Patti Boulaye (born 1954) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Patti describe what happiness means to her in 2017.
“That anyone could doubt the right of the holy Virgin to be called the Mother of God fills me with astonishment. Surely she must be the Mother of God if our Lord Jesus Christ is God, and she gave birth to him! Our Lord’s disciples may not have used those exact words, but they delivered to us the belief those words enshrine, and this has also been taught us by the holy fathers.”
Cyril of Alexandria (376–444) said by 444 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in 5 Inspiring quotes from St. Cyril of Alexandria (June 27, 2017)
“Once when Abba Daniel and Abba Ammōes were travelling, Abba Ammōes said: “When are we too going to stay in a cell, father?” Abba Daniel said to him: “Who is taking God away from us now? God is in the cell, and God is outside too.”
Daniel of Scetis wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am opposed to Orthodoxy in all its forms. Orthodoxy—“right” thinking, “right” dogma—depends on the assumption that your group, your authorities, already know everything there is to be known about God and what God wants us to do in this world. Orthodoxy pins God down to petty human formulations and pretends they are changeless and eternal. What could possibly be more arrogant?”
Alicia Ostriker (born 1937) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am mayor because God gave me the authority to be mayor, and he placed in the hearts of the voters to give me that authority. Sometimes we miss how God operates, but I am clear when I receive my blessings from God.”
Eric Adams (born 1960) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: October 25, 2023, during an appearance on Radio Vision Cristiana
“We must realize that sustainable development comes only through eco-friendly living. God created man and put him in Eden as its custodian, but he sinned against God. The first sin is the first attempt of man against God and nature.”
Mathew Arackal (born 1944) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Syro-Malabar Church Establishes ´Green´ Spirituality As High Priority (13 September 2005) Union of Asian Catholic News
“Young people, let us serve God. Do not wait until you are old to serve God; let us serve God while we are young, because a time will come when we will no longer have the strength to serve Him”
Elsa Iradukunda first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Abari muri Miss Rwanda 2017 bashimye Imana, Apotre Mignone arabahanurira, Miss Elsa atanga 1/2 cy’umushahara weInyaRwanda(March 04, 2017)
“First of all self-belief. I will not go back to the vision. I believe in God. Once you tell God what it is that you want, the universe comes together to serve you. God commands everything to work for you because regardless of the turbulence, going back and forth, my kazigo, the vision at the end of the tunnel was there and I could not let go.”
Santa Anzo (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Things will come, temptation will come, the devil will try to use people to bring you down and destroy you. If you’re a child of God, as long as your conscience is clear and you know that God sees all, just put everything in the hands of God.”
Stella Damasus (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We didn’t come out to play. We came out to build and unite the old path that generations will take. Nigeria deserves all that we can put to keep it back on its feet. We have a great NATION. Your victory, it’s God that did it because without God, even if we put all our strength, it won’t happen. By the grace of God, we will work”
Remi Tinubu (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here in the country’s heart Where the grass is green, Life is the same sweet life As it e’er hath been.Trust in a God still lives, And the bell at morn Floats with a thought of God O’er the rising corn.God comes down in the rain, And the crop grows tall— This is the country faith, And the best of all.”
Norman Gale (1862–1942) first seen 1893 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Country Faith", in A Country Muse: New Series (1893), p. 16
“I do not - God be blessed - conform to any particular sufi order or faqih, nor follow the course of any speculative theologian (mutakalim) or any other Imam for that matter, not even such dignitaries as ibn al-Qayyim, al-Dhahabi, or ibn Kathir, I summon you only to God, and Only Him as well as observe the path laid by His Prophet, God's messenger.”
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703–1792) first seen 1111 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Haj, Samira (April 1997). "Reordering Islamic Orthodoxy: Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhab". The Muslim World. 92 (3–4): 338. doi:10.1111/j.1478-1913.2002.tb03747.x – via Wiley Online Library.
“In accordance with Heidegger, I put forward a historical position [mowghef]. Mankind is in a historical age when God is absent, the true God... Now, human is the Truth which is apparent, that, human is god, and the Greek taghut [idolatry] embodies the human. This is the humanism that I previously mentioned: humanism and human taghut [idolatry].”
Ahmad Fardid (1909–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ali Mirsepassi, Transnationalism in Iranian Political Thought: The Life and Times of Ahmad Fardid, Cambridge University Press (2017), p. 242.
“May the Lord God help us to work together for the common good of all the people of God that we all serve. For God and my country.”
Dominic Eibu (born 1970) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech by The Rt. Rev. Dominic Eibu MCCJ at KAPATU Launch (28 July 2023) Catholic Lawyers Society International
“I will bring with me wonderful memories of the Filipino people who, in spite of their many hardships and trials, remain resilient supported by resolute faith in God. They do not ask God to provide only for their materials needs but rather to abandon themselves to Him as their Father. They believe that God is greater than all their needs.”
Giuseppe Pinto (born 1952) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nuncio praises Filipinos’ faith amid disasters as he bid farewell (31 July 2017) CBCP News
“Through Jesus Christ, God not only speaks to humanity, but he also seeks us. In Christ, there is the encounter of God and humanity. By such, the expediency of presenting Christ to the world, all-richness and gift of God, to humanity. The Church on our Continent must be the servant and mediatrix of this encounter through which mankind lives.”
Lorenzo León Alvarado (1928–2020) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: H.Exc. Most Rev. Lorenzo LEÓN ALVARADO , O. de M., Bishop of Huacho (24 November 1997) Press Office of the Holy See
“I want to tell her that God is not a cement building of stones and sand. That God is not for all that putting inside a house and locking Him there. I want her to know that the only way to know if a person find God and keep Him in their heart is to check how the person is treating other people, if he treats people like Jesus says--with love, patience, kindness, and forgiveness.”
Abi Daré wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our father and our God, are ask that you cure Anjola of her Yoruba stubbornness! Our merciful father, we know that Yoruba Stubbornness is a serious disease; it is a disease that is difficult to cure but we trust in your supreme power, oh God, because you are the God of Possibilities.”
Lola Akande (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Doctor, I suppose I am going fast now. It will soon be over. But God’s will be done. I hope I have fulfilled my destiny to my country and my duty to God... I am resigned; God’s will be done.”
J. E. B. Stuart (1833–1864) first seen 1864 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To his doctor on his impending death, May 12, 1864. Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Lieutenants (1944)
“The Brotherhoods are a transversal reality, like the Church itself. Popular piety is not for illiterate people, it is a way of encountering God: the via pulchritudinis which is not only perfectly valid for the encounter with God, but is complementary to a more speculative way. There are many very educated, very cultured people, for whom this way is the one that most helps them to encounter God.”
José Ángel Saiz Meneses (born 1956) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: José Ángel Saiz Meneses: "The brotherhoods have more and more an evangelizing conscience". (29 August 2023) Omnes
“When we refuse to listen to Maryto obey what He tells us, when our will does not conform to that of God out of ignorance and refusal to accept it, the feast of our lives is left without the best wine; we no longer celebrate, but rather we waste it and squander it on things that take us away from God, on pride and arrogance that supplant God.”
Héctor Sabatino Cardelli (1941–2022) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hundreds of thousands celebrate feast of Our Lady of the Rosary in Argentina (1 October 2007) Catholic News Agency
“If you go to please people, you will not be loved by either God or people, but if you work to please God, you will also be loved by God, and people will also love you.”
Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Glory to God in the height of His divinity! Glory to God in the depth of his humanity! Glory to God in His all-sufficiency! Into His hands I commend my spirit.”
Edward Perronet (1726–1792) first seen 1792 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Last words, on or shortly before 2 January 1792, in Canterbury, Kent. Quoted in Robert J. Morgan, Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymns Stories (Thomas Nelson, 2010), p. 77
“I think people are beginning to realize they were fooled and that there is a God. There is a saying that if you don't know the true God, you'll bow down before any old tree. So if there is a God, what else are we looking for?”
José Ulises Macías Salcedo (1940–2026) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Devotion to ‘saint death’ is useless, says Mexican archbishop (28 November 2008) Catholic News Agency
“Thus, after a period of about two thousand years the greatest crime became to worship a god other than the God of Moses, whereas injustice became a minor sin. I began to ask myself how this change had come about. Was it linked to a new order in which the female goddesses had been replaced by one male god?”
Nawal El Tatawy (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We claim a space among the people of God and not one of us can be left out. We must first acknowledge that we belong here, that this is our rightful place. God desires us to be here. God desires you and me to recognize our sacred calling as His children, and to give witness.”
Michael Thomas Martin (born 1961) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: North Carolina bishop tells faithful to share Jesus’ presence with everyone they encounter (10 September 2024) Catholic Review
“What do I want to say? I myself do not quite understand. Only that today, when for the glory of God Mokichi and Ichizo moaned, suffered and died, I cannot bear the monotonous sound of the dark sea gnawing at the shore. Behind the depressing silence of this sea, the silence of God. ... the feeling that while men raise their voices in anguish God remains with folded arms, silent.”
Shūsaku Endō (1923–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wasn’t God’s first choice for what I’ve done for China. ... I don’t know who it was... . It must have been a man... a well-educated man. I don’t know what happened. Perhaps he died. Perhaps he wasn’t willing . .. And God looked down... and saw Gladys Aylward ... And God said— “Well, she’s willing!”
Gladys Aylward (1902–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gladys Aylward, TW, 182-183. Quoted in World Shapers: A Treasury Of Quotes From Great Missionaries, Shaw Publishers, 1991. pp. 6-7.
“Yet, like all God’s wonderful gifts to us, this great gift of pain can be turned into a horrible curse. Just in proportion as God’s love provides the possibility of good, so our vice or ignorance makes the possibility of evil. The abuse of God’s gift of pain may be the cause of the most terrible of evils, and we call it cruelty.”
William Brown (veterinarian) first seen 1919 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Our Lesser Brethren (1919), p. 24
“We have prayed and asked God to bring us the vaccine against the coronavirus and now it has been found, but we refuse it. What else do we want God to do for us? God's will is for us to live.”
Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi (born 1954) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Archbishop of Dar es Salaam orders vaccination of all priests (30 August 2021) Fides News Agency
“He was in very truth his own God, and a more splendid God than the God that stank of incense and was quartered in churches.”
Patrick Süskind (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God cannot be placed within any category larger than God in order to understand God.”
D. Stephen Long (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source