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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

Ignatius of Loyola

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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Attention Creation Distraction Focus God Ourselves
If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
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God Himself Saint Suffering
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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Body Disgust Horrible Myself Poison Ugly
Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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Faith Fear Happiness Smile Yourself
Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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Death End Truth Victory
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
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
He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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Devotion God Himself Lost Mom
Discouragement is not from God.
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Encouragement God One Liner
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
Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
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Angel Courage Failure God Goodness Lose Man Remember
We ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.
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Authority Believe Black Hold Myself Principle See
A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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Afraid Experience Poverty Religious
Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord’s sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.
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Blood Body God Myself Treat
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
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

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