Wilfred Owen Quotes

I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and am often fond of, the many priests in my life.

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

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.

I wanted passionately to be a priest.

Trying to do Christianity properly is tough. Life as a priest is rigorous and disciplined. It involves sacrifices.

My mindset as an athlete and as a man is to accept what God is asking me to do and to live my life expressing God's word.

I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude.

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 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 responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me.

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

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.

Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.

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.

When you have a sense of calling, whether it's to be a musician, soloist, artist, in one of the technical fields, or a plumber, there is something deep and enriching when you realize it isn't just a casual choice, it's a divine calling. It's not limited to vocational Christian service by any means.

I didn’t come here to seek a power or to get a chairmanship. I wanted to do what I think my Lord wants me to do.

I will be a priest forever.

I didn’t want to be a nun.

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

My word will never be as strong as God's word. All I am is just a vessel, doing His work.

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

I do everything I do to glorify God.

I gave my life to Christ, and I thought that would be it for me, and He was, like, 'No, you're not finished with acting; acting is not finished with you. This is your talent. Go back into it, but you're going back into it with a heart that's not obsessive over it.'