To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIf anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace. That is enough for me.
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God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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Discouragement is not from God.
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Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
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If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.
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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
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So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
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We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.
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If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
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