One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALet us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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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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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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Finding God in All Things.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.
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It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
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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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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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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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All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.
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