Liberty is no heirloom. It requires the daily bread of self-denial, the salt of law and, above all, the backbone of acknowledging responsibility for our deeds.
FULTON J. SHEENBelieve the incredible and you can do the impossible.
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Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are crooked.
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There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.
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Souls generally do not fall away from Christ because of the Creed; they first have difficulty with the Commandments.
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Our Lord did not ask us to give up the things of earth, but to exchange them for better things.
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When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown!
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Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul’s language.
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Civilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.
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Counsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.
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It is not particularly difficult to find thousands who will spend two or three hours a day in exercising, but if you ask them to bend their knees to God in five minutes of prayer they protest that it is too long.
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It was to a virgin woman that the birth of the Son of God was announced. It was to a fallen woman that his resurrection was announced.
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If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself.
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There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, ‘Good morning, God,’ and the other is to say, ‘Good God, morning’!
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I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.
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It’s impossible to lose your footing when you’re on your knees.
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