Bridget of Sweden famous quotes

Let everyone who has the grace of intelligence fear that, because of it, he will be judged more heavily if he is negligent.
-- Bridget of Sweden

#Fear #Grace #Judged

There is no sinner in the world, however much at enmity with God, who cannot recover God's grace by recourse to Mary, and by asking her assistance.
-- Bridget of Sweden

#Grace #Asking #Enmity

The world would have peace if only men of politics would follow the Gospels.
-- Bridget of Sweden

#Men #Saint #World

Let a man fear, above all, me, his God, and so much the gentler will he become toward my creatures and animals, on whom, on account of me, their Creator, he ought to have compassion.
-- Bridget of Sweden

#Animal #Men #Compassion

Pilate sentenced him due to fear, in accordance with the petition and intention of others. These people sentence him for their own advantage and without any fear, by dishonoring him through sin that they could abstain from, if they wanted. But they neither abstain from sin nor are they ashamed of their already committed sins, for they do not take into consideration their unworthiness of the kindness of the one whom they do not serve.
-- Bridget of Sweden

#Kindness #People #Sin

To write well and speak well is mere vanity if one does not live well.
-- Bridget of Sweden

#Writing #Vanity #Doe

Mary is the lily in God's garden.
-- Bridget of Sweden

#Garden #Lilies #Mary

The source of justice is not vengeance but charity.
-- Bridget of Sweden

#Justice #Charity #Vengeance

O Mary, you give assistance to everyone endeavoring to rise to God!
-- Bridget of Sweden

#Giving #Mary #Assistance

In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.

With God, I can do all things! But with God and you, and the people who you can interest, by the grace of God, we're gonna cover the world!

A novel is written not to be judged, but experienced.

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.

God has judged me all my life. But that is God's privilege, my lady. Not yours.

A man's worth can be judged through those who dislike him.

You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt