Fulton J. Sheen Quotes


"Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it."
- Fulton J. Sheen
(Related: Love, Flattery)

"The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away."
- Fulton J. Sheen
"Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?"
- Fulton J. Sheen
(Related: Love, Heart, Feet, Giving, Service)

"Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals."
- Fulton J. Sheen
(Related: Competition, Pride, Weakness)

"The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings."
- Fulton J. Sheen
(Related: Blessings, Man)

"Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius."
- Fulton J. Sheen
(Related: Genius, Jealousy, Mediocrity, Tribute)

"Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded."
- Fulton J. Sheen
(Related: Life, Thought, Deed)

"It's like being a Knight of the Garter. It's an honor, but it doesn't hold up anything."
- Fulton J. Sheen
(Related: Being, Honor, Knight)

"I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John."
- Fulton J. Sheen
(Related: Time, Tribute, Writers)

"Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn."
- Fulton J. Sheen
(Related: Death, Being, Hearing)