Top 53 Quotes by Greg Boyle

About Greg Boyle

These are some quotes by American author Greg Boyle Clergyman, who was born on May 19, 1954.

My church is in the detention facilities where I preside and celebrate the Eucharist. To me that's the church. That's the people of God.

My church is in the detention facilities where I preside and celebrate the Eucharist. To me that's the church. That's the people of God.

Greg Boyle

I think not everything that works helps, and not everything that helps works.

I think not everything that works helps, and not everything that helps works.

Greg Boyle

The Church should say, 'I'm frightened that women will be ordained;' that's honest, say that. But don't say, 'It's a grave sin,' because that's nonsense.

The Church should say, 'I'm frightened that women will be ordained;' that's honest, say that. But don't say, 'It's a grave sin,' because that's nonsense.

Greg Boyle

Homeboy Bakery is an alternative to kids who have found themselves, regrettably, in gangs and want to redirect their lives.

Homeboy Bakery is an alternative to kids who have found themselves, regrettably, in gangs and want to redirect their lives.

Greg Boyle

The wrong idea has taken root in the world. And the idea is this: there just might be lives out there that matter less than other lives.

The wrong idea has taken root in the world. And the idea is this: there just might be lives out there that matter less than other lives.

Greg Boyle

I think that any program that's born from below rather than on high is going to survive.

I think that any program that's born from below rather than on high is going to survive.

Greg Boyle

The desire of God's heart is immeasurably larger than our imaginations can conjure.

The desire of God's heart is immeasurably larger than our imaginations can conjure.

Greg Boyle

The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them.

The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them.

Greg Boyle

You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent, the surly and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear.

Greg Boyle

At its best, an injunction creates a kind of vigilant heat that moves kids toward the light.

At its best, an injunction creates a kind of vigilant heat that moves kids toward the light.

Greg Boyle

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