7 Quotes by Benedict J. Groeschel

They said I would never live. I lived. They said I would never think. I think. They said I would never walk. I walked. They said I would never dance, but I never danced anyway.

I remember once in the Holy Land seeing a sign in the shape of an arrow along a road. It said, "Armageddon, 4 kilometers." If ever there was a sign that made you wonder whether you wanted to continue down a road, this was it.

The Church is a collection of poor sinners. The Catholic Church is a collection of 1.1 billion very poor sinners. That’s a lot of original sins, and it is no wonder we have trouble.

I remember once in the Holy Land seeing a sign in the shape of an arrow along a road. It said, “Armageddon, 4 kilometers.” If ever there was a sign that made you wonder whether you wanted to continue down a road, this was it.

We who believe in Divine Providence, in life after death, in salvation and resurrection; we, of all people, when faced with catastrophe, must go on with courage, faith, and hope.

A belief in the immortality of the human soul, of the survival of the person beyond death, is one of the most important expressions of human hope.

Conservative” means maintaining the status quo, and I think the status quo stinks.