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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIt is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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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 our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.
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The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
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He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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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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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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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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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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