Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIt is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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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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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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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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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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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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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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Discouragement is not from God.
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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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Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
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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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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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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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Finding God in All Things.
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It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.
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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.
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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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Laugh and grow strong.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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