On All Saints Day, we honor the saints who have gone before us and pray for their guidance and protection. Here are a few quotes from religious leaders and others on the day to help you reflect on the positive aspects of these individuals and why they are important to us.
All Saints Day Quotes
Love God, serve God; everything is in that.
– St. Clare of Assisi
Christ said, “I am the Truth”; he did not say, “I am the custom.
– St. Toribio
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
– Saint Teresa of Avila
You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
– St. Therese of Lisieux
Leave sadness to those in the world. We who work for God should be light-hearted.
– Saint Leonard of Port Maurice
Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you.
– St. Augustine of Hippo.
All Saints Day Inspirational Quotes
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
– St. Augustine.
Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it will make you more humble and abject in your own eyes.
– St. Pio of Pietrelcino
Catholic All Saints Day Quotes
Be at peace with your soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you. – Isaac of Nineveh
Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, I have loved you!
– St. Augustine
Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.
– St. Ignatius of Antioch.
We are to love God for Himself because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
– St. Bernard of Clairvaux.
All saints day is a day to remember the good work that God has done in our lives. We can be grateful for all they have done for us, and we can look to them as role models for how to live a good life.