St. Dominic Quotes

A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.

One day, through the Rosary and the Scapular, Our Lady will save the world.

I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God.

Ask Jesus to make you a saint. After all, only He can do that. Go to confession regularly and to Communion as often as you can

Do not weep, for I shall be more useful to you after my death and I shall help you then more effectively than during my life.

We must sow the seed, not hoard it.

Mary, I give you my heart. Always keep it yours. Jesus, Mary, always be my friends. I beg you, let me die rather than be so unfortunate as to commit a single sin.

If I can succeed in saving only a single soul I can be sure that my own will be saved.

I need nothing in this world in order to be happy. I only need to see Jesus in heaven, Whom I now see and adore on the altar with the eyes of faith.

I can't do big things, but I want everything to be for the glory of God.

Nothing seems tiresome or painful when you are working for a Master who pays well; who rewards even a cup of cold water given for love of Him.

The future will be resplendent, and an untold number of souls will be saved, but on one condition: that your sons be devoted to the Blessed Virgin.

I was the class clown so I was used to performing and fooling around in front of my friends.

Colour is everything, black and white is more.

Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give.

Jesus called for nonviolent resistance to Rome and just distribution of land and food. He was crucified because he threatened Roman stability -- not as a sacrifice to God for humanity's sins.

Grief jumps out at you when you're least expecting it.

Jesus is what God looks like in sandals

If I could uninvent anything, I would uninvent Hitler's mum, guns and broccoli.

Nothing excites jaded Grandmasters more than a theoretical novelty

I find anthropology is a marvellous discipline to shock me out of my own world into another world.

The ... challenge of Christmas is this: justice is what happens when all receive a fair share of God's world and only such distributive justice can establish peace on earth.

When I started really singing I was 17, 18 years old. I used to go around trying to be a singer in the Bronx. My knees would shake but I learned by doing.

I'm a big fan of the misunderstood, the vilified, the underdog, the breaking of myths.

I stupidly ignored education completely. I found it dull and I preferred to cause chaos and have fun. I regret this massively now.

For TV I don't think I could have gotten a better part than Uncle Junior because of the intimacy of the character based on David Chase's brilliant writing.

It is impossible to avoid the suspicion that historical Jesus research is a very safe place to do theology and call it history, to do autobiography and call it biography.

Share prices follow the theorem: hope divided by fear minus greed.

We're electrical items and when we die the electricity goes somewhere else. When we die our energy goes into the galaxy.

I've got a hectic schedule, but I wouldn't have my life any other way.

This is a great tool for students as the book gets right to the heart of learning how to learn and engaging your whole brain.

I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realized that I had dug my own grave.

I've always traveled, as a kid my parents moved me around, a different place in Germany every four years. But I got the travel bug when I was a kid, living in different countries.

I'd love to play a gangster but I think people might say I looked a bit too young and cheeky to play a character who'd just blown someones head off!

I don't need to have three feather pillows in my trailer. I just don't work that way.

Michael Gove is the right leader for the country ... He can speak out to the aspirational underdog in our society, the kid from the council estate.

I went to Brooklyn College and met this beautiful Jewish girl named Merle, with dark hair, exotic looking and brilliant. So we got married and had three children.

I don't like the way Uncle Junior dresses. He loves it.

The term 'geek' for me is like you having a passion, interest in something that is unabashed and you don't care if people think it's not cool. You think it's cool and that's your thing.

I used to get quite upset that I'd make friends with a guy or a girl and then within the space of three years we'd move and go and live somewhere else, and you'd have to say goodbye to that person.

I like learning new stuff, and continuing to educate myself as best I can.

My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh

I'm only stopped by people in uniform, whether it's customs people, janitors, or the FBI - they all watch The Wire. Sadly, beautiful, glamorous women don't know anything about it.

You should always think about things that excite you and that you can learn from.

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.

Uncle Junior is a criminal, which makes him a villain, so it makes people want to watch him. My whole life as an actor has been preparing for something like this.

My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff.

I could always flip between emotions and be available to suddenly do something new. I think it's a part of playing, and you hang onto it when you're a kid.

I think I've got a funny face.

Especially with comedy, you take massive risks because ultimately you're trying to be funny. If you're not funny, then it's really embarrassing and you look stupid.