Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThe principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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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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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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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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Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.
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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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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
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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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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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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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