Fulton J. Sheen quotes - page 2

Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are crooked. (Fulton J. Sheen)
There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, 'Good morning, God,' and the other is to say, 'Good God, morning'! View quote
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Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way. View quote
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You must remember to love people and use things, rather than to love things and use people. View quote
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We become like that which we love. If we love what is base, we become base; but if we love what is noble, we become noble. View quote
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In every friendship hearts grow and entwine themselves together, so that the two hearts seem to make only one heart with only a common thought. That is why separation is so painful; it is not so much two hearts separating, but one being torn asunder. View quote
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Books are the most wonderful friends in the world. When you meet them and pick them up, they are always ready to give you a few ideas. When you put them down, they never get mad; when you take them up again, they seem to enrich you all the more. View quote
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There are angels near you to guide you and protect you, if you would but invoke them. It is not later than we think, it is a bigger world than we think. View quote
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A woman gets angry when a man denies his faults, because she knew them all along. His lying mocks her affection; it is the deceit that angers her more than the faults. View quote
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To tell a woman who is forty, "You look like sixteen," is boloney. The blarney way of saying it is "Tell me how old you are, I should like to know at what age women are the most beautiful. View quote
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When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown! (Fulton J. Sheen)
Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends with the headache. View quote
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The difference between the love of a man and the love of a woman is that a man will always give reasons for loving, but a woman gives no reasons for loving. View quote
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Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday. View quote
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I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. View quote
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Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals. View quote
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Far better it is for you to say: "I am a sinner," than to say: "I have no need of religion." The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God. View quote
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Nothing ever happens in the world that does not happen first inside human hearts. View quote
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Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are so broadminded they can never make up their minds about anything. View quote
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Why are those who are notoriously undisciplined and unmoral also most contemptuous of religion and morality? They are trying to solace their own unhappy lives by pulling the happy down to their own abysmal depths. View quote
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A woman never tells you why she loves; she just tells you how she loves. (Fulton J. Sheen)
Science is not wisdom. View quote
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Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. View quote
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Any book which inspires us to lead a better life is a good book. View quote
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Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected and completed. View quote
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