Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAA person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Laugh and grow strong.
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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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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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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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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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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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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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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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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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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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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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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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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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