Quotes from Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Counsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Health, power, riches, possessions and honor can be snatched from you, but your will is irrevocably your own.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Our Lord did not ask us to give up the things of earth, but to exchange them for better things.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Every child should have an occasional pat on the back as long as it is applied low enough and hard enough.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Fasting detaches you from this world. Prayer reattaches you to the next world.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
In vocal prayer we go to God on foot. In meditation we go to God on horseback. In contemplation we go to God in a jet.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
It is a long established principle of the Church never to completely drop from her public worship any ceremony, object or prayer which once occupied a place in that worship.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
The science of a religious man must be scientific; the religion of a scientific man must be religious.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times as much of His life to her as He gave to His Apostles.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
You have a chance to move in far better society than the Joneses. Why worry about keeping up with the Joneses? Keep up with the Angels and you'll be far wiser and happier.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen