Discouragement is not from God.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALet us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
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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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
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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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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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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
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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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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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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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