Top Celibacy Quotes
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
Pope John Paul II
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
Socrates
The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.
William P. Leahy
For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited.
Robert Rainy
Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.
Thomas Love Peacock
Thomas Love Peacock 
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The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
Pope John Paul II 
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
Socrates
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For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited.
Robert Rainy
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The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.
William P. Leahy
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Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.
Thomas Love Peacock
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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
Joseph Ratzinger
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