Saint Patrick Quotes

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.
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Establishment God Heart Live Love Myself Sin
I am certain in my heart that all that I am, I have received from God.
SAINT PATRICK

God Heart Myself
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.
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Evil Father Protection Save Son
I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.
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Feeling Hurt Myself Prayer Rain
I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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Eyes Faith Hate Loyalty
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.
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God Heaven Nation Recognition
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.
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End Faith Himself Life Perseverance
Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
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Deeds Greed Neighbor
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.
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Gift God Happiness Ignorance Perfection
Never trust a dog to watch your food.
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Dog Food Protection Trust
He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.
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Believe God Himself Save
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.
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Believe God Himself Religious Save Talk
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.
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Expectation Heaven Promise Slave
If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.
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Hate Live Myself Worth
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.
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Forever God Hands Protection Strength Wisdom
So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.
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God Live Love Myself
If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.
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God Life Live Myself Worth
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.
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Eyes Heart Men Religious See
If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me.
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God Life Live Myself Teaching Worth
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.
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Angel Character Desire Imperfection Nature Soul
The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.
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Believe God Heart Sin Understand
I grieve for you, how I mourn for you, who are so very dear to me, but again I can rejoice within my heart, not for nothing have I labored, neither has my exile been in vain.
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Grief Happiness Heart Myself Yourself
Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.
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Compassion Himself Humilition Myself
Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.
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Inspirational Prayer Religion
Let anyone laugh and taunt if he so wishes. I am not keeping silent, nor am I hiding the signs and wonders that were shown to me by the Lord many years before they happened, who knew everything, even before the beginning of time.
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Beginning Hide Laughter Silence Time

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