Quotes About Padua

#1. I am agreed, and would I had given him the best horse in Padua to begin his wooing that would thoroughly woo her, wed her, and bed her, and rid the house of her

William Shakespeare

#2. Physical constraints pale in comparison to mental ones. Now, repeat after me. We pray to Saint Anthony of Padua that the lost be found. That the soul be free. That life be everlasting.

Rebekah Crane

#3. Marsilius of Padua, whose Defensor Pacis in 1324 was a forthright assertion of the supremacy of the state.

Barbara W. Tuchman

#4. Now that I think about it, it seems to me that's what Idiocy is: the ability to be enthusiastic all the time about anything you like, so that a drawing on the wall does not have to be diminished by the memory of the frescoes of Giotto in Padua.

Julio Cortazar

#5. Teachers are wonderful beings who inspire the spirit and open the mind.
Nobody at Padua High School fits that description.

David Levithan

#6. Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.

Anthony Of Padua

#7. Anyone who is in Christ is strategically positioned to win the most coveted award in this business called life. He doesn't want you playing itty-bitty roles. He wants bright lights in your dressing room, and the spotlight trained on you as you take the center stage.

Yay Padua-Olmedo

#8. Damned money! Alas! How many religious did it blind! How many cloistered religious did it deceive! Money is the 'droppings of birds' that blinded the eyes of Tobit.

Anthony Of Padua

#9. Regret not that which is past; and trust not to thine own righteousness.

Anthony Of Padua

#10. We are formed by environment and grace, by politics and prayer, by church and conscience. All God's creatures conspire to teach us as well. We stumble. We stutter. We rise. We are lifted.

Anthony Of Padua

#11. Our thoughts ought by instinct to fly upwards from animals, men and natural objects to their creator. If created things are so utterly lovely, how gloriously beautiful must he be who made them! The wisdom of the worker is revealed in his handiwork.

Anthony Of Padua

#12. If you want to love God, love the less-fortunate one. If you want to see God, look through the eyes of a hungry child.

M.Padua

#13. Charity is the soul of faith, makes it alive; without love, faith dies.

Anthony Of Padua

#14. Anyone, then, who desires to live chastely in Christ Jesus, must flee not only the mouse of lust, but even from its very scent.

Anthony Of Padua

#15. The devil is afraid of us when we pray and make sacrifices. He is also afraid when we are humble and good. He is especially afraid when we love Jesus very much. He runs away when we make the Sign of the Cross.

Anthony Of Padua

#16. He prays best who does not know that he is praying.

Anthony Of Padua

#17. The life of the body is the soul; the life of the soul is God.

Anthony Of Padua

#18. Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey.

Anthony Of Padua

#19. The Glorious Virgin did not have a stain in her birth because she was santified in her mother's womb and safeguarded there by angels.

Anthony Of Padua

#20. CENTER-OF-THE-UNIVERSE, that was me entering the workplace. And I woke up one day soon after that, struggling at the bottom of a vast ocean. But I needed that. Humbling experiences are part of growing - they help shape us and mold our character. Welcome to life.

Yay Padua-Olmedo

#21. Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.

Anthony Of Padua

#22. Before we even discovered that we were so smart, our Manufacturer already had it all figured out.

Yay Padua-Olmedo

#23. On the far left is Jane Austen, who of course died in 1817 in our inferior universe. In the pocket universe, she lives to ninety-five and writes dozens of bestselling masterpieces and makes a mint and lives happily ever after.

Sydney Padua

#24. O name of Mary! Joy in the heart, honey in the mouth, melody to the ear of Her devout clients!

Anthony Of Padua

#25. The spirit of humility is sweeter than honey, and those who nourish themselves with this honey produce sweet fruit.

Anthony Of Padua

#26. Men will surrender to the spirit of the age. They will say that if they had lived in our day, faith would be simple and easy. But in their day, they will say, things are complex; the Church must be brought up to date and made meaningful to the day's problems.

Anthony Of Padua

#27. Let us feel love, in the sight of our foes.
Let our hearts melt, of the sight of hungry ones.
Let us sing the music of forgiveness,
the melody of love.

M.Padua

#28. The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying.

Anthony Of Padua

#29. Attribute to God every good that you have received. If you take credit for something that does not belong to you, you will be guilty of theft.

Anthony Of Padua

#30. The birds are the saints, who fly to heaven on the wings of contemplation, who are so removed from the world that they have no business on earth. They do not labour, but by contemplation alone they already live in heaven.

Anthony Of Padua