Inspirational Padre Pio Quotes: A Powerful Collection to Uplift Your Spirit

"Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer."

- Padre Pio

"Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry."

- Pio of Pietrelcina

"Pray, hope and don't worry. Worry is useless. Our Merciful Lord will listen to your prayer."

- Padre Pio

"Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God's heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips, but with your heart. In fact on certain occasions you should only speak to Him with your heart."

- Padre Pio

"Do not fear. Jesus is more powerful than all hell."

- Padre Pio

"If we only knew how God regards this Sacrifice, we would risk our lives to be present at a single Mass."

- Padre Pio

"Prayer is the oxygen of the soul."

- Padre Pio

"Have courage and do not fear the assaults of the Devil. Remember this forever; it is a healthy sign if the devil shouts and roars around your conscience since this shows that he is not inside your will."

- Padre Pio

"Pray that God will console you when you feel the burden of the Cross, for in doing so you are in no way acting against the will of God, but you are placing yourself beside the Son of God who asked His Father during the Agony in the Garden to send Him some relief. But if He is not willing to give it be ready to pronounce the same ‘Fiat,’ ‘So be it,’ that Jesus did."

- Padre Pio

"The field of battle between God and Satan is the human soul. It is in the soul that the battle rages every moment of life."

- Padre Pio

"It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass."

- Padre Pio

"Do not worry over things that generate preoccupation, derangement and anxiety. One thing only is necessary: to lift up your spirit and love God."

- Padre Pio

"Prayer is the best weapon we possess, the key that opens the heart of God."

- Padre Pio

"Love our Lady and make her loved; always recite the Rosary and recite it as often as possible."

- Padre Pio

"Stop entertaining those vain fears. Remember it is not feeling which constitutes guilt but the consent to such feelings. Only the free will is capable of good or evil. But when the will sighs under the trial of the tempter and does not will what is presented to it, there is not only no fault but there is no virtue."

- Padre Pio

"Do not fear. Jesus is more powerful than all hell. At the invocation of his name every knee in heaven, on earth and in hell must bend before Jesus; this is a consolation for the good and terror for evil."

- Padre Pio

"Have you not for some time loved the Lord? Do you not love him now? Do you not long to love him forever? Therefore, do not fear! Even conceded that you had committed all the sins of this world, Jesus repeats to you, ‘Many sins are forgiven thee because thou hast loved much!’"

- Padre Pio

"The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain."

- Padre Pio

"My past, O Lord, to your mercy; my present, to your love; my future to your providence."

- Padre Pio

"The greater your sufferings, the greater God’s love for you."

- Padre Pio

"Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God’s heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips but with your heart. In fact, on certain occasions, you should only speak to Him with your heart."

- Padre Pio

"The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrifice, and with extreme effort."

- Padre Pio

"Jesus is with you even when you don’t feel His presence. He is never so close to you as He is during your spiritual battles. He is always there, close to you, encouraging you to fight your battle courageously. He is there to ward off the enemy’s blows so that you may not be hurt."

- Padre Pio

"You must have boundless faith in the divine goodness, for the victory is absolutely certain."

- Padre Pio

"My past, O Lord, to Your mercy; my present, to Your love; my future to Your providence."

- St. Padre Pio

"The storms that are raging around you will turn out to be for God’s glory, your own merit, and the good of many souls."

- Padre Pio

"You complain because the same trials are constantly returning. But look here, what have you to fear? Are you afraid of the divine craftsman who wants to perfect His masterpiece in this way? Would you like to come from the hands of such a magnificent Artist as a mere sketch and no more?"

- Padre Pio

"The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of the trial and in the exaltation after the combat."

- Padre Pio

"Thank and sweetly kiss the hand of God that strikes you, because it is always the hand of a Father who strikes you because he loves you."

- Padre Pio

"We must always have courage, and if some spiritual languor comes upon us, let us run to the feet of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and let us place ourselves in the midst of the heavenly perfumes, and we will undoubtedly regain our strength."

- Padre Pio

"Let the world turn topsy turvy, everything be in darkness and Mount Sinai all aflame, covered with lightning, thunder — God is with you. But if God lives in the darkness and Mount Sinai is all aflame, covered with lightning, thunder, and noise, will we not be safe near him?"

- Padre Pio

"A good heart is always strong, it suffers, but with tears it is consoled by sacrificing itself for its neighbor and for God."

- Padre Pio

"The final purpose of meditation is the love of God and one's neighbor. Love the first with all your soul and without reservation, love the second as another self, and you will have arrived at the final purpose of meditation."

- Padre Pio

"If we are calm and persevering, we shall find not only ourselves, but our souls, and with that, God Himself."

- Padre Pio

"If we earnestly endeavor to love Jesus, this alone will drive all fear from our hearts and soul will find that instead of walking in the Lord’s paths, it is flying."

- Padre Pio

"Lord God of my heart, You alone know and see all my troubles."

- Padre Pio

"The field of battle between God and Satan is the human soul. It is in the soul that the battle rages every moment of life. The soul must give free access to the Lord so that it be fortified by him in every respect and with all kinds of weapons; that his light may enlighten it to combat the darkness of error; that it be clothed with Jesus Christ, with his justice, truth, the shield of faith, the word of God, in order to conquer such powerful enemies. To be clothed with Jesus Christ it is necessary to die to oneself."

- Padre Pio

"Love and fear must go united together, fear without love becomes cowardice. Love without fear becomes presumption. When there is love without fear, love runs without prudence and without restraint, without taking care where it is going."

- Padre Pio

"When you are exposed to any trial, be it physical or moral, bodily or spiritual, the best remedy is the thought of him who is our life, and not think of the one without joining to it the thought of the other."

- Padre Pio

"Remember that it is not feeling of guilt that constitutes sin but the consent to sin. Only the free will is capable of good or evil. But when the will sighs under the trial of the tempter and does not will what is presented to it, there is not only no fault but there is virtue."

- Padre Pio

"The best means of guarding yourself against temptation are the following: watch your senses to save them from dangerous temptation, avoid vanity, do not let your heart become exalted, convince yourself of the evil of complacency, flee away from hate, pray whenever possible. If the soul would know the merit which one acquires in temptations suffered in patience and conquered, it would be tempted to say: Lord, send me temptations."

- Padre Pio

"Time spent in honor of God and for the salvation of souls is never badly spent."

- Padre Pio

"A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament."

- Padre Pio

"Always live under the eyes of the Good Shepherd and you will walk unharmed through evil pastures."

- Padre Pio

"Happiness is only found in heaven."

- Padre Pio

"Have patience and persevere in the holy exercise of meditation; be content to begin with small steps till you have legs to run, better still wings to fly."

- Padre Pio

"You must remember that you have in Heaven, not only a Father but also a Mother… Let us then have recourse to Mary. She is all sweetness, mercy, goodness and love for us because she is our Mother."

- Padre Pio

"In the spiritual life he who does not advance goes backward. It happens as with a boat which always must go ahead. If it stands still the wind will blow it back."

- Padre Pio

"Walk in the way of the Lord with simplicity and do not torment your spirit. You must hate your defects but with a quiet hate, not troublesome and restless."

- Padre Pio

"Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own eyes."

- Padre Pio

"May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing."

- Padre Pio

"Yes, I love the cross, the cross alone, because I always see it behind Jesus’ shoulders."

- Padre Pio

"The heart of our Divine Master has no more amiable law than that of sweetness, humility, charity. Often place your confidence in Divine Providence and be assured that sooner heaven and earth shall pass away than that the Lord neglect to protect you."

- Padre Pio

"Kneel down and render the tribute of your presence and devotion to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Confide all your needs to him, along with those of others. Speak to him with filial abandonment, give free rein to your heart, and give him complete freedom to work in you as he thinks best."

- Padre Pio

"You should rather humble yourself before God than be distressed if he reserves for you the sufferings of his Son, and makes you experience your weakness. You should offer up to him the prayer of resignation and hope, even when you fall through frailty, and thank him for all the benefits with which he continually enriches you."

- Padre Pio

"He who attaches himself to the earth remains attached to it. It is by violence that we must leave it. It is better to detach oneself a little at a time, rather than all at once. Let us always think of heaven."

- Padre Pio

"How unbearable is pain when suffered far from the Cross, but how sweet and bearable it becomes when it is offered close to the Cross of Jesus!"

- Padre Pio

"It would be easier for the world to exist without the sun than without the Holy Mass."

- Padre Pio

"God loves man with an infinite love and when he punishes he does so with reverence, almost fearing to hurt."

- Padre Pio

"God “absolutely cannot reject the sincere desire to love him.”"

- Padre Pio

"Where there is no obedience, there is no virtue; there is neither goodness nor love. And where there is no love, there is no God. Without God, we cannot reach Heaven. These virtues form a ladder; if a step is missing, we fall down."

- Padre Pio

"Obey promptly! Do not consider the age or merit of a person. And in order to succeed imagine you are obeying the Lord."

- Padre Pio

"To fail in charity is like wounding God in the pupil of his eye. What is more delicate than the pupil of the eye? To fail in charity is like failing against nature."

- Padre Pio

"Temptations, discouragement and unrest are the wares offered by the enemy. Remember this: if the devil makes noise it is a sign that he is still outside and not yet within. That which must terrify us is his peace and concord with the human soul."

- Padre Pio

"The demon has only one door by which to enter into our soul: the will; there are no secret doors. No sin is a sin if not committed with the will. When there is no action of the will, there is no sin, but only human weakness."

- Padre Pio

"It is necessary to guard all your senses particularly your eyes: they are the means by which all the fascination and charm of beauty and voluptuousness enter the heart. When fashion, as in our time, is towards provocation and exposes what formerly was even wrong to think about, caution and self-restraint must be exercised. Whenever necessary you must look without seeing and see without thinking about it."

- Padre Pio

"To doubt is the greatest insult to the Divinity."

- Padre Pio

"The sublime degree of humility is not only to recognize one's own abjection but to love it. I have chosen says the prophet to be abject in the house of God rather than to dwell in the houses of sinners."

- Padre Pio

"God enriches the soul which empties itself of everything."

- Padre Pio

"Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our heavenly Mother and reflect on its boundless grief of how precious is our soul."

- Padre Pio

"Do you not see the Madonna always beside the tabernacle?"

- Padre Pio

"Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter."

- Padre Pio

"That which comes from Satan begins with calmness and ends in storm, indifference and apathy."

- Padre Pio

"Do not be so given to the activity of Martha as to forget the silence of Mary. May the Virgin who so well reconciled the one with the other be your sweet model and inspiration."

- Padre Pio

"Even if a room is very clean and the door is closed so that no one can enter, the dust will nevertheless collect there and it will require dusting."

- Padre Pio

"I recommend calm and calm all the time."

- Padre Pio

"Endeavor to unite the simplicity of children with the prudence of adults."

- Padre Pio

"Today’s society does not pray. That is why it is falling apart."

- Padre Pio