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SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.

Ignatius of Loyola

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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Charm Oneself Religious Talk
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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Fear God Greatness Man Oneself
Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
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Modesty Peace Sufficient Yourself
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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Creation Faith Gift God Myself Service World
He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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Better Inspirational Perspective Worst
Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
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Alone God Heart Success Work
The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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God Journey Service Sick
God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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God Grace Holy Oneself
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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Experience God Joy Life Possession Service
Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
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Generosity God Heaven Life Man Need Ourselves
May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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Failure Forever Help Love Ourselves Perfection Protection
One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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God Oneself Passion Victory War
Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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Catch Hell Soul Weird
Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
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Alive Feeling God Yourself
Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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Faith Fear Happiness Smile Yourself
If 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.
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Believe Goodness Lose Willing Yourself
What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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Believe Black Definition Myself
It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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Divine Feed Fire Inspirational Love Religious Tree
If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.
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Death God Growth Myself Offend Service
Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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Death End Truth Victory
He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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Beginning Himself Lose Work World
May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.
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Deserve Discipline God Judgement Ourselves True
True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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Deserve Love Myself Suffering True
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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Act Affect Grace Hands Himself Soul Understand
Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
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Act Care God Prayer Yourself
Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.
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Body God Order Ourselves Prayer Remember Yourself
Teach us, Good Lord, to give and not count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do thy will.
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Fight Reward Save Seek Teaching Willing Wound

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