“You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.”

Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.

I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.

When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.

I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.

Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart

The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.

Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.

The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.

The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.

If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.

Discouragement itself is a form of pride.

It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.

Never stop wanting for your magic.

Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.

Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.

Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.

It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.

Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps

You can’t just pretend that the things you watch, and the things you hear, and the places you go will not have an impact on your character. They will.

The only problems I’ve ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.

Your character defects are not where you’re bad, but where you’re wounded. But no matter who or what causes the wound, it’s yours now and you’re responsible for it.

One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project.

Find better company, find company of people better than yourself so you be surrounded with those best in character and so you may learn something.

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God.