Francis Spellman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Pray as if everything depended on God, and work as if everything depended upon man.
-- Francis Spellman

#Faith #Prayer #Men
You've heard of the three ages of man - youth, age, and you are looking wonderful.
-- Francis Spellman

#Birthday #Men #Age
When you say Yes, say it quickly. But always take a half hour to say No, so you can understand the other fellow's side.
-- Francis Spellman

#Life #Wisdom #Half
We Americans want peace, and it is now evident that we must be prepared to demand it. For other peoples have wanted peace, and the peace they received was the peace of death.
-- Francis Spellman

#Peace #Demand #Want
This war in Vietnam is, I believe, a war for civilization. Certainly it is not a war of our seeking. It is a war thrust upon us and we cannot yield to tyranny.
-- Francis Spellman

#War #Believe #Yield
Holiday and Holy Day, Christmas is more than a yule log, holly or tree. It is more than natural good cheer and the giving of gifts. Christmas is even more than the feast of the home and of children, the feast of love and friendship. It is more than all of these together. Christmas is Christ, the Christ of justice and charity, of freedom and peace.
-- Francis Spellman

#Cheer #Children #Home

...the great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's backyard.
I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide free of political influence.
The needs of the times will teach you what to do.
There is no wonder more supernatural and divine in the life of a believer than the mystery and ministry of prayer...the hand of the child touching the arm of the Father and moving the wheel of the universe.
We cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying.
Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?
A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.
Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the spiritual master or the devotee. Then, through the mercy of the devotee, the Lord will be satisfied. Unless one receives the dust of a devotee's lotus feet on one's head, there is no possibility of advancement. Unless one approaches a pure devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.

Francis Spellman famous quotes

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