Pierre Loti Quotes

When I left boxing in 1977 to be a preacher, I couldn't make a fist after I learned about Jesus Christ.

I am a pastor so I eat and breathe the Church.

Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.

I wanted to be a soccer player. And then I wanted to be a rabbi.

The best decision I ever made was to become a priest and I think the second best was to resign.

I just want to preach so bad I can hardly stand it. I love what I do.

I wanted passionately to be a priest.

My father was a Pentecostal minister; that's how I was brought up. So I never thought of having a secular career.

I wanted to be a priest when I was really young.

Had I been more religious in my youth, I might have become a pastor, for it was the pastoral role I'd sought.

I've twice been on the point of giving up my performing career to train for the priesthood.

When I gave my life to the Lord, I thought I'd be a preacher.

I'm really passionate about God and religion, and I thought maybe I'm supposed to be a pastor.

I left because I decided it just really wasn't for me, and I got a better understanding of what the Catholic Church needed from its priests and ministers.

I was born into a family of preachers.

When I was young, I was dedicated to become a minister - my brothers and I were formally brought in front of the congregation in a dedication ceremony, where we were dedicated to the future service of God.

I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream of my youth, and this dream has grown with me. Considering the mystical body of the Church, I desired to see myself in them all.

My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.

Even though it's my job to be an actor, I have given my life to God.

I wanted to be a priest when I was a kid.

And I was very interested in the priesthood.

I'm only here on Earth to serve God. I never had a career. I don't care about commercialism. I have a ministry and I'll fight for the ministry.

I was very serious about being a priest, twice in my life. Almost joined the Montfort Seminary after I graduated from high school. Almost went back in the seminary during college.

When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest.

I did think of becoming a priest quite late on, when other boys were thinking of knocking over fences and going out with girls. I would have made a very good bishop: nice housekeeper, nice clothes - god, the clothes.