Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Quotes

Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Quotes

We should only make use of life to grow in the love of God.

I Love Jesus Christ and that is why I am on fire with the desire to give Him souls, first of all my own, and then an incalculable number of others

He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts God can do all things.

He who suffers in patience, suffers less and saves his soul.  He who suffers impatiently, suffers more and loses his soul.

To acquire courage it is very useful to read the lives of the saints, especially of those who, after living in sin, attained great sanctity.

To put into practice the teachings of our holy faith, it is not enough to convince ourselves that they are true; we must love them.  Love united to faith makes us practise our religion.

When you do a good action, have the intention of first pleasing God, and then of giving good example to your neighbor.

When the afflictions of this life overcome us, let us encourage ourselves to bear them patiently by the hope of heaven.

The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.

Let your constant practice be to offer yourself to God, that He may do with you what He pleases.

Let us thank God for having called us to  His holy faith.  It is a great gift, and the number of those who  thank God for it is small.

If, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to speak with some severity in order to make a grievous crime felt, we should always, at the conclusion of the rebuke, add some kind words. We must heal wounds, as the Samaritan did, with wine and oil. But as oil floats above all other liquors, so meekness should predominate in all our actions.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

By "the poor in spirit" is meant those who are poor in earthly desires, and desire nothing but God. These are poor in desires, but not without affection, because they live contented even in this life; and, therefore, the Lord does not say, "Theirs will be the kingdom of heaven," but "theirs is," because even in this life they are rich in spiritual blessings which they receive from God; and thus, however poor they are in temporal goods, they live content with their condition.

Let us make up for lost time. Let us give to God the time that remains to us.

Our Savior says, if you have not received the graces that you desire, do not complain to me, but blame yourself, because you have neglected to seek them from me.

They are different from the rich in earthly desires, who, in the present life, whatever riches they possess, are always poor, and live discontented; for the good things of this life do not satisfy our thirst, however much they are increased; wherefore, these persons are never contented, never attaining to the acquisition of what they desire.

Realize that you may gain more in a quarter of an hour of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament than in all other practices of the day.

"Mary being destined to negotiate peace between God and man, it was not proper that she should be an accomplice in the disobedience of Adam."

Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much  love for us, Our Lord ordained that no one shall obtain salvation except through her intercession.

He who wishes to find Jesus will do so only by having recourse to Mary.

Mary having always lived wholly detached from earthly things and united with God, death, which united her more closely to Him, was extremely sweet and agreeable to her.

By assisting them we shall not only give great pleasure to God, but will acquire also great merit for ourselves. And, in return for our suffrages, these blessed souls will not neglect to obtain for us many graces from God, but particularly the grace of eternal life. I hold for certain that a soul delivered from Purgatory by the suffrages of a Christian, when she enters paradise, will not fail to say to God: "Lord, do not suffer to be lost that person who has liberated me from the prison of Purgatory, and has brought me to the enjoyment of Thy glory sooner than I have deserved."

Woe to him who neglects to recommend himself to Mary, and thus closes the channel of grace!

There are many things which seem to us misfortunes and which we call such; but if we understood the designs of God we would call them graces.

The upright intention is the soul of our actions.  It gives them life and makes them good.

The most perfect and meritorious intention is that by which, in all our actions, we have in view only the good pleasure of God and the accomplishment of  His holy will.

We are not created for this earth. The end for which God has placed us in the world, is this, that by our good works we may merit eternal life. "The end is life everlasting." (Rom. vi. 22)'

The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.

God pardons sins; but He will not pardon the will to sin.

He who does not overcome his predominant passion is in great danger of being lost.  He who does overcome it will easily conquer all the rest.

If we would completely rejoice the heart of God, let us strive in all things to conform ourselves to His divine will. Let us not only strive to conform ourselves, but also to unite ourselves to whatever dispositions God makes of us. Conformity signifies that we join our wills to the will of God. Uniformity means more. Uniformity means that we make one will of God's will and our will. In this way we will only what God wills. God's will alone is our will.

It is folly not to think of death.  It is greater folly to think of it, and not prepare for it.

If you desire heaven, you must walk in the way which leads to heaven; if you should walk in the way which leads to hell, you will one day unhappily find yourself there.

If you pray, you are positive of saving your soul. If you do not pray, you are just as positive of losing your soul. 

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends. Speak to Him often of your business, your plans, your troubles, your fears— of everything that concerns you. Converse with Him confidently and frankly; for God is not wont to speak to a soul that does not speak to Him.

A soul which does not practise the exercise of prayer is very like a paralyzed body which, though possessing feet and hands, makes no use of them.

In the Great Deluge in the days of Noah, nearly all mankind perished, eight persons alone being saved in the Ark. In our days a deluge, not of water but of sins, continually inundates the earth, and out of this deluge very few escape. Scarcely anyone is saved.

The truly humble reject all praise for themselves, and refer it all to God.

We do not keep an account of the graces which God has given us, but God our Lord keeps an account of them.  He has fixed the measure thereof."

Mary was the most perfect among the saints only because she was always perfectly united to the will of God.

After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His Mother Mary.

When we feel our cross weighing upon us, let us have recourse to Mary, whom the Church calls the 'Consoler of the Afflicted.

Blessed are the actions enclosed between two Hail Marys.

The servants of Mary who are in purgatory receive visits and consolations from her.


If you persevere until death in true devotion to Mary, your salvation is certain.

Mary being in heaven nearer to God and more united to Him, knows our miseries better, compassionates them more, and can more efficaciously assist us.

The Virgin Mother, all pure and all white, will make her servants pure and white.

Let us offer ourselves without delay and without reserve to Mary, and beg her to offer us herself to God.

Such is the compassion, such the love which Mary bears us, that she is never tired of praying for us.

May the two names so sweet and so powerful, of Jesus and Mary, be always in our heats and on our lips!

Whatsoever we do, we can never be true children of Mary, unless we are humble.

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