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Laugh and grow strong.
Finding God in All Things.
Discouragement is not from God.
God will not be outdone in generosity.
The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
He who is not getting better is getting worse.
Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness
Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive...that is where God is.
It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God's help, he has been victorious.
Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.