Quotations

"We are all called to be great saints, don't miss the opportunity."

— Mary Angelica, American Franciscan nun, born 1923

"God is not a slot machine. We don't go to God to get something; we go to give something."

— Mother Mary Angelica, American Franciscan nun, born 1923

"If you want to be holy, if you seek meaning in your life, start looking into your own life and attacking your pride in all of its many forms. God will give you extraordinary light and the ultimate reward of holiness. For your holiness relies not on what you do, but on what you allow God to do through you. Have courage. God will perfect you."

— Mary Angelica, American Franciscan nun, born 1923

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."

— Maya Angelou, African-American poet, born 1928

"Nothing will work unless you do."

— Maya Angelou, African-American poet, born 1928

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."

— Maya Angelou, African-American poet, born 1928

"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."

— Susan B. Anthony, American activist, born 1820

"I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ask for the ballot for the Negro and not for the woman."

— Susan B. Anthony, American activist, born 1820

"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."

— Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, born 1880

"Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding."

— Diane Arbus, American photographer, born 1923

"If you scrutinize reality closely enough, if in some way you really, really get to it, it becomes fantastic."

— Diane Arbus, American photographer, born 1923

"One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying."

— Joan of Arc, French saint, born 1412

"Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast."

— Joan of Arc, French saint, born 1492

"I am not afraid... I was born to do this."

— Joan of Arc, French saint, born 1412