“I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul’s desire.”

I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in my heart that ‘all that I am,’ I have received from God. So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.

I am certain in my heart that all that I am, I have received from God.

He [God] watched over me before I knew him, and before I learned sense or even distinguished between good and evil, and he protected me, and consoled me as a father would his son.

I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.

I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

For after chastisement from God, and recognizing him, our way to repay him is to exalt him and confess his wonders before every nation under heaven.

I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my life for my God.

Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.

No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God’s good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that – as is the perfect truth – it was the gift of God.

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.

That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.

Daily I expect to be murdered or betrayed or reduced to slavery if the occasion arises. But I fear nothing, because of the promises of heaven.

If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.

May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word of God direct us. Be always ours this day and for evermore.

So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.

How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not a devil, either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged.

If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!

I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!

Music attracts the angels in the universe.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

It’s okay, girl, we’ll make it till the sun goes down forever. And until then what you got to lose but the losing? We’re fallen angels who didn’t believe that nothing means nothing.