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.
SAINT PATRICK
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.
More Saint Patrick Quotes
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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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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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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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Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.
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He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.
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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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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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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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Never trust a dog to watch your food.
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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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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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So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.
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If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.
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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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Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
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If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.
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