black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself.

Fulton J. Sheen

God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.
FULTON J. SHEEN

God Love Ourselves Religious Value
The Rosary is the best therapy for these distraught, unhappy, fearful, and frustrated souls, precisely because it involves the simultaneous use of three powers: the physical, the vocal, and the spiritual, and in that order.
FULTON J. SHEEN

Best Therapy
Civilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.
FULTON J. SHEEN

Civilization Command Dangerous Learning Obedience Right
Counsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.
FULTON J. SHEEN

Himself Man Prayer Right Wrong
Our Lord did not ask us to give up the things of earth, but to exchange them for better things.
FULTON J. SHEEN

Better Earth Give Up God Religious
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.
FULTON J. SHEEN

Absence Action Patience Power Principle Right Way
If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself.
FULTON J. SHEEN

God Time Worship Yourself
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.
FULTON J. SHEEN

Devil Forget Head Life Philosophy Rule Start
Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right.
FULTON J. SHEEN

Dependent Moral Principle Right Vote Wrong
Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?
FULTON J. SHEEN

Divine Generosity Hands Love Scars Service Wound
Before the sin, Satan assures us that it is of no consequence; after the sin, he persuades us that it is unforgivable.
FULTON J. SHEEN

Consequence Evil Forgiveness Himself Result Sin
Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul’s language.
FULTON J. SHEEN

Beginning Face God Language Listening Prayer Silence Soul Talk Truth
I wonder maybe if our Lord does not suffer more from our indifference, than He did from the crucifixion.
FULTON J. SHEEN

God Ourselves Suffering Wonder
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.
FULTON J. SHEEN

Age Beautiful Deep Myself Woman
Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.
FULTON J. SHEEN

End Generosity Love Philosophy Recover
Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.
FULTON J. SHEEN

Account Action Life Register

If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Fulton J. Sheen Quotes