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84 Motivational Quotes By John Chrysostom To Feed Your Soul

Famous As: Early Church Father and Archbishop of Constantinople (398-404)
Born On: 347 AD
Died On: 407
Born In: Antioch, Turkey
Died At Age: 60
John Chrysostom was an illustrious Archbishop of Constantinople in the 5th Century and is considered as an eminent ‘Early Church Father’. He is renowned for his denunciation of abuse of authority by both political leaders and ecclesiastical authorities, his ascetic sensibilities, his public speaking, thoughts and preaching. Going by the quality of his surviving writings, Chrysostom was a prolific writer of his time, exceeded only by ‘Augustine Of Hippo’. In the Catholic, Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Churches he has been honoured as a saint. We have rounded up some famous quotable quotes and sayings by the golden mouthed archbishop which have been excerpted from his writings, preaching, works, books, thoughts and life. Go through the thought-provoking quotes and thoughts by John Chrysostom on cannibalism, wise, simple, riches, forbidden, pride, priests, power, church, thinking, men, women, law, harm, care etc that will give you a glimpse of his enlightened mind.
Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.

Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.

John Chrysostom
The Holy Scriptures were not given
to us that we should enclose 
them in books, but that we should 
engrave them upon our hearts.

The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.

John Chrysostom
As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a [person].

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a [person].

John Chrysostom
Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

John Chrysostom
Everywhere, wherever you may find yourself, you can set up an altar to God in your mind by means of prayer.

Everywhere, wherever you may find yourself, you can set up an altar to God in your mind by means of prayer.

John Chrysostom
No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger.

No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger.

John Chrysostom
We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.

We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.

John Chrysostom
But now, instead of organs, Christians must use the body to praise God.

But now, instead of organs, Christians must use the body to praise God.

John Chrysostom
If then we have angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a demon present also.

If then we have angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a demon present also.

John Chrysostom
God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves.

God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves.

John Chrysostom

Since it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying 'renew yourselves' from day to day. This is what we do with houses: we keep constantly repairing them as they wear old. You should do the same thing to yourself. Have you sinned today? Have you made your soul old? Do not despair, do not despond, but renew your soul by repentance, and tears, and Confession, and by doing good things. And never cease doing this.

John Chrysostom
What is dying? Just what it is to put off a garment. For the body is about the soul as a garment; and after laying this aside for a short time by means of death, we shall resume it again with more splendor.

What is dying? Just what it is to put off a garment. For the body is about the soul as a garment; and after laying this aside for a short time by means of death, we shall resume it again with more splendor.

John Chrysostom
A comprehended god is no god.

A comprehended god is no god.

John Chrysostom
When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

John Chrysostom
In the Christian combat, not the striker, as in the Olympic contests, but he who is struck, wins the crown. This is the law in the celestial theatre, where the Angels are the spectators.

In the Christian combat, not the striker, as in the Olympic contests, but he who is struck, wins the crown. This is the law in the celestial theatre, where the Angels are the spectators.

John Chrysostom
What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by satisfying his hunger and then with what is left you may adorn the altar as well.

What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by satisfying his hunger and then with what is left you may adorn the altar as well.

John Chrysostom
It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.

It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.

John Chrysostom
Imagine your anger to be a kind of wild beast, because it has ferocious teeth and claws, and if you don't tame it, it will devastate all things even corrupting the soul.

Imagine your anger to be a kind of wild beast, because it has ferocious teeth and claws, and if you don't tame it, it will devastate all things even corrupting the soul.

John Chrysostom
Faithfulness in little things is a big thing.

Faithfulness in little things is a big thing.

John Chrysostom
To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'

To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'

John Chrysostom
When we once begin to form good resolutions, God gives us every opportunity of carrying them out.

When we once begin to form good resolutions, God gives us every opportunity of carrying them out.

John Chrysostom
God helps those who work, not those who are idle. No one helps an inactive person, but one who joins in the labor. The good God himself will bring...work to perfection.

God helps those who work, not those who are idle. No one helps an inactive person, but one who joins in the labor. The good God himself will bring...work to perfection.

John Chrysostom
Though the waves and the sea and the anger of princes are roused against me, they are less to me than a spider’s web.

Though the waves and the sea and the anger of princes are roused against me, they are less to me than a spider’s web.

John Chrysostom
Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?

Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?

John Chrysostom
Nothing will divide the church so much as the love of power.

Nothing will divide the church so much as the love of power.

John Chrysostom
Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again;  for forgiveness has risen from the grave.

Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.

John Chrysostom
It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others.

It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others.

John Chrysostom
Many can give money to those in need, but to personally serve the needy readily, out of love, and in a fraternal spirit, requires a truly great soul.

Many can give money to those in need, but to personally serve the needy readily, out of love, and in a fraternal spirit, requires a truly great soul.

John Chrysostom
Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts

John Chrysostom
We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God.

We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God.

John Chrysostom