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"Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow." ~ St. Augustine

"To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." ~ President Theodore Roosevelt

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you" ~ The Eternal Father Jeremiah 1:5

"If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it: Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of the earth." ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Even if your on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." ~ Will Rogers

"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." ~ Muhammad Ali, world heavyweight boxing champion

"The fear of death keeps us from living, not from dying." ~ Paul C. Roud, novelist

"To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another." ~ John Burroughs, naturalist

"Those who pray do more for the world than those who fight, and if the world is going from bad to worse, it's because there are more battles than prayers." Eminent statesman, Donoso Cortes, after his conversion

"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake." ~ Victor Hugo, writer

"Remember when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received ~ only what you have given: A heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage." ~ St. Francis of Assisi

"Prayer is the lifting of our hearts and minds to God. For no matter what we're saying, we're asking, "Do you love me?" And no matter how He answers, He's saying, "Yes, I do." ~ Mother Angelica "Answers, Not Promises" pgs. 95, 96

"I have never heard anyone associated with Planned Parenthood apologize for the open racism of their founder, Margaret Sanger. She wanted to segregate and sterilize 'subhumans'. She talked about strategies for keeping 'rebellious' blacks in line. She was disgusted with charity programs that made life easier for people who, she thought, would be better off dead. And although she and her friends have hidden themselves behind a lot of propaganda about 'choice', they praised the Nazis for their 'efficient' eugenics policies in the 1930s, and today they praise the 'efficient' Chinese for their coercive policies." ~ Joan Andrew Bell, Prisoner of Conscience and Heroic Defender of God's Precious Infants

"A nation which kills it's own young has no future." ~ Pope John Paul II

"I find it a great, great poverty that a child must die because we are afraid to feed one more child, to educate one more child. The fear of feeding one more old person in the family means that that person must be put away, and yet one day we too have to meet the Master. What will we answer to Him about that child, that old father and mother, because they are His creation, they are children of God." ~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta

"The curious have remarked that one institution alone for now nineteen hundred years has been attacked not by one opposing principle but from every conceivable point. It has been denounced upon all sides and for reasons successively incompatible: it has suffered the contempt, the hatred and the ephemeral triumph of enemies as diverse as the diversity of things could produce. This institution is the Catholic Church." ~ Hilaire Belloc

'In the spiritual life, he who does not advance goes backwards.' St. Padre Pio

'He who suffers in patience, surfers less and saves his soul. He who suffers impatiently, suffers more and loses his soul.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

'Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.' St. Bernard of Clairvaux

'Enjoy yourself as much as you like - if only you keep from sin.' St. John Bosco

'I have never gone out to mingle with the world without losing something of myself.' St. Albert the Great

'The time has come: you must wake up now.' Romans 13:11

"Have you forgotten what you are." St.Severimus Boethius

"Believe that others are better than you in the debths of their soul, although outwardly you may appear better than they." -St. Augustine.

"A child is not a possession, it is a responsibility" -Me

"Those who tell the Truth love you. Those who tell you what you want to hear love themselves." -Mother Angelica.

'What a weakness it is to love Jesus Christ only when He caresses us, and to be cold immediately once He afflicts us. This is not true love. Those who love thus, love themselves too much to love God with all their heart.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

'If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for you, and that He certainly intends to make you a Saint.' St. Ignatius of Loyola

'I am the Lord, I change not.' Malachi 3:6

'Read good and useful books, and abstain from reading those that only gratify curiosity.' St. Vincent de Paul

'Charity requires us always to have compassion on human infirmity.' St. Catherine of Siena

'Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.' St. Thomas Aquinas

'No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.' St. Teresa of Jesus

'Et regni eius non erit finis-"His kingdom will have no end." Doesn't it fill you with joy to work for a kingdom like that? ' St. Josemaria Escriva

'Being all members of the same body, with the same head, who is Christ, it is proper that we should have in common the same joys and sorrows.' Ven. Louis de Granada

'Oh what remorse we shall feel at the end of our lives, when we look back upon the great number of instructions and examples afforded by God and the Saints for our perfection, and so carelessly received by us! If this end were to come to you today, how would you be pleased with the life you have led this year?' St. Francis de Sales

'We should blush for shame to show so much resentment at what is done or said against us, knowing that so many injuries and affronts have been offered to our Redeemer and the saints.' St. Teresa of Jesus

'By only looking at a person, we know if he is pure. His eyes have an air of candour and modesty which leads you to the good God. Some people, on the contrary, look quite inflamed with passion. . . Satan places himself in their eyes to make others fall and to lead them to evil.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

"Poor child! How imperfect you are! How much you need others to keep a constant guard over thee. Oh, how much patience I must have with thee." St. Gemma Galganni's Guardian Angel

'All souls in hell are there because they did not pray. All the saints sanctified themselves by prayer.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

'Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly.' St. Ignatius of Loyola

'Be gentle and kind with every one, and severe with yourself.' St. Teresa of Jesus

'The sufferings endured for God are the greatest proof of our love for Him.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

'It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.' St. Bernard of Clairvaux

'The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

'In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship but to keep her on her course.' St. Boniface

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"How can one be pleasing to God when one is inflated with pride and self-love under the pretense of striving for God's glory, while in fact one is seeking one's own glory?" Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska

"The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much." Saint John Chrysostom

"The devil doesn't fear austerity but holy obedience." Saint Francis de Sales

"The worst place to be, is set in your ways...don't go there" - unknown

"The Church of the Lord is built upon the rock of the apostles among so many dangers in the world; it therefore remains unmoved. The Church's foundation is unshakable and firm against assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but do not shatter it. Although the elements of this world constantly beat upon the Church with crashing sounds, the Church possesses the safest harbor of salvation for all in distress." Saint Ambrose of Milan

"Be driven by the love of God because Jesus Christ died for all, that those who live may live not for themselves but for Him, who died and rose for them. Above all, let your charity and zeal show how you love the Church. Your work is for the Church, which is the Body of Christ." Saint John Baptist de La Salle

"At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity." St. John of the Cross

"It is better to be the child of God than king of the whole world." St. Aloysius Gonzaga

"If we wish to keep peace with our neighbor, we should never remind anyone of his natural defects." St. Philip Neri

"Whatever you do, think not of yourself, but of God." St. Vincent Ferrer

'Christ said, "I am the Truth"; he did not say "I am the custom." ' St. Toribio

"Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender." St. Therese of Lisieux

"Charity unites us to God... There is nothing mean in charity, nothing arrogant. Charity knows no schism, does not rebel, does all things in concord. In charity all the elect of God have been made perfect." Pope St. Clement I

"Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin. All hope consists in confession. In confession there is a chance for mercy. Believe it firmly. Do not doubt, do not hesitate, never despair of the mercy of God. Hope and have confidence in confession." St. Isidore of Seville

"To love God is something greater than to know Him." St. Thomas Aquinas

"Prayer reveals to souls the vanity of earthly goods and pleasures. It fills them with light, strength and consolation; and gives them a foretaste of the calm bliss of our heavenly home." St. Rose of Viterbo

"It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God. But where charity is not found, God cannot dwell. If, then, we possess charity, we possess God, for "God is Charity" (1John 4:8 )" St. Albert the Great

"Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?" St. Gerard Majella

"We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success; nor on sciences that cloud the intellect. Neither does it depend on arms and human industries, but on Jesus alone." St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

"Nothing seems tiresome or painful when you are working for a Master who pays well; who rewards even a cup of cold water given for love of Him." St. Dominic Savio

"When you feel the assaults of passion and anger, then is the time to be silent as Jesus was silent in the midst of His ignominies and sufferings." St. Paul of the Cross

"My confidence is placed in God who does not need our help for accomplishing his designs. Our single endeavor should be to give ourselves to the work and to be faithful to him, and not to spoil his work by our shortcomings." St. Isaac Jogues

"The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history." Pope John Paul II

"You must ask God to give you power to fight against the sin of pride which is your greatest enemy - the root of all that is evil, and the failure of all that is good. For God resists the proud." St. Vincent de Paul

"No earthly pleasures, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire. Do not talk about Jesus Christ as long as you love this world." St Ignatius of Antioch

"To be pleased at correction and reproofs shows that one loves the virtues which are contrary to those faults for which he is corrected and reproved. And, therefore, it is a great sign of advancement in perfection." St. Francis de Sales

"Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven." St. Ephraem

"You cannot please both God and the world at the same time, They are utterly opposed to each other in their thoughts, their desires, and their actions." St. John Vianney

"It is not the actual physical exertion that counts toward a man's progress, nor the nature of the task, but the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken." St. Francis Xavier

"Love God, serve God: everything is in that." St. Clare of Assisi

"Mary was raised to the dignity of Mother of God rather for sinners than for the just, since Jesus Christ declares that he came to call not the just, but sinners." St. Anselm

"Stop entertaining those vain fears. Remember it is not feeling which constitutes guilt but the consent to such feelings. Only the free will is capable of good or evil. But when the will sighs under the trial of the tempter and does not will what is presented to it, there is not only no fault but there is virtue." Padre Pio

"The Holy Rosary is the storehouse of countless blessings." Blessed Alan de la Roche

The devil strains every nerve to secure the souls which belong to Christ. We should not grudge our toil in wresting them from Satan and giving them back to God." St. Sebastian

"God gave Himself to you: give yourself to God." Blessed Robert Southwell

"Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit." St. Lucy

"When I am before the Blessed Sacrament I feel such a lively faith that I can't describe it. Christ in the Eucharist is almost tangible to me...When it is time for me to leave, I have to tear myself away from His sacred presence." St. Anthony of Claret

"The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord's Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion." St. Thomas Aquinas

"Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me." St. Clare of Assisi

"He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor." St. Bede the Venerable

"We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials." St. Teresa of Avila

"We are at Jesus' disposal. If he wants you to be sick in bed, if he wants you to proclaim His work in the street, if he wants you to clean the toilets all day, that's all right, everything is all right. We must say, "I belong to you. You can do whatever you like." And this ..is our strength, and this is the joy of the Lord." Mother Teresa

'Even though a man may be unable to attain such a height of sanctity, he ought to desire it, so as to do at least in desire what he cannot carry out in effect.' St. Philip Neri

'Though I find myself in so wretched a condition that I feel as if I no longer possess faith, hope, or charity, nor even that natural light which other men enjoy, so that I seem to be like an animal, even then, were I asked of what I was thinking, I could truthfully say that in the depth of my soul I have God alone present with me.' St. Paul of the Cross

'No one can find salvation except in the Catholic Church. Outside the Church you can find everything except salvation. You can have dignities, you can have Sacraments, you can sing "alleluia", answer "Amen", have faith in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and preach it too; But never can you find salvation except in the Catholic Church.' St. Augustine

'The sorrow of Mary is like the Mediterranean Sea, for it is written, "Your sorrow is great as the sea." From that sea we pass to a second sea, which has no limits; it is the Passion of Our Lord, of which the Royal Prophet said, "I am entered on the high sea." There the soul enriches herself in fishing for the priceless pearls of virtue.' St. Paul of the Cross

'Do nothing through human respect and, when it assails you, say: I shall do neither more nor less for the eyes of creatures. O my God, since I wish to please Thee alone, it suffices that Thou seest me everywhere.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

'No one has a right to mercy who can not himself show mercy.' Ven. Louis de Granada

'Have recourse trustfully to God's loving kindness and He will not forsake you, for He longs to bestow His graces. Though you may have had the misfortune to offend Him, He is always ready to receive you, provided you return humbly to Him.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

'Pain and Love are almost synonymous words.' St. Lydwine of Schiedam

'When a person who has been living a spiritual life for a long time falls into a serious fault, there is no better way of raising him up again than by exhorting him to manifest his fall to any pious friend with whom he has a particular intimacy: and God will reconduct him to his first estate for the sake of his humility.' St. Philip Neri

'Let your constant practice be to offer yourself to God, that He may do with you what He pleases.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

'It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul.' St. Benedict

'Our perfection consists in uniting our will so intimately with God's will, that we will only desire what He wills. He who conforms most perfectly to the will of God will be the most perfect Christian.' St. Vincent de Paul

'God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.' St. Ignatius of Loyola

'Oh, what joy will it give to the blessed in heaven, and what pleasure to your guardian angel, to see you engaged in mental prayer! Never omit this holy exercise.' St. Paul of the Cross

'Long illnesses are the greatest favors that God confers on souls whom He loves most. . . Repose peacefully in the arms of your heavenly Spouse, Who loves you much; hold yourself on the cross of sickness as tranquilly and silently as is possible. If the cause of your illness be the wound of divine love which embalms your soul, it is well if you die under such a stroke: yours will be a death more precious than life.' St. Paul of the Cross

'Take advantage of little sufferings even more than of great ones. God considers not so much what we suffer as how we suffer. . . Turn everything to profit as the grocer does in his shop.' St. Louis Marie de Montfort

'God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.' - St. Ignatius of Loyola

'To preserve our cheerfulness amid sicknesses and troubles, is a sign of a right and good spirit.' - St. Philip Neri

'It is easy to infuse a most fervent devotion into others, even in a short time; but the great matter is - to persevere.' - St. Philip Neri

'Let us remember the devil labors hard to disturb us at the time of recollection in order to make us abandon it. Let him then who omits mental prayer on account of distractions be persuaded that he gives delight to the devil.' - St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

'When you have not the means of helping your neighbor, recommend him fervently to God, Whose sovereign dominion holds all creatures in His hand. Counsels gently given heal every wound, but given with asperity only serve to aggravate it tenfold.' - St. Paul of the Cross

'He who does not make his will agree with God is tripped up by his own schemes and falls into the hands of his enemies.' - St. Mark the Ascetic

'The best preparation for the divine banquet is to keep ourselves well purified, and to watch over our tongue, which is the first member that touches the sacred Host.' - St. Paul of the Cross

'Where sin was hatched, let tears now wash the nest.' - St. Robert Southwell

'Our Faith will never be true unless it is united to that of St. Peter and the Pontiff, his successors.' - St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

'Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.' - St. Jerome

'Prayer is the best weapon we possess, the key that opens the heart of God.' - St. Padre Pio

'Sometimes I felt very lonely, depressed and ill. I'd often repeat to myself a line of poetry which brought peace and strength back into my soul; it runs, "Time's but a ship that bears thee, not thy home." That image appeals to me and helps me to bear this life of exile.' - St. Therese of Lisieux

'Beginners in the service of God sometimes lose confidence when they fall into any fault. When you feel so unworthy a sentiment rising within you, you must lift your heart to God and consider that all your faults, compared with divine goodness, are less than a bit of oakum thrown into a sea of fire.' - St. Paul of the Cross

'Just as suffering and dishonor usually give birth to virtues, so pleasure and self-esteem usually give birth to vices.' - St. Mark the Ascetic

'We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved.' - St. Philip Neri

'Be comforted with this divine thought that your spiritual and physical pains are the test of the Divine Will.' - St. Padre Pio

'Every vice leads in the end to forbidden pleasure; and every virtue to spiritual blessing. Each arouses what is akin to it.' - St. Mark the Ascetic

'Wealth, unless it be devoted to good works, will become to its possessor only a source of endless torment in hell.' - St. Paul of the Cross

'To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.' - St. Ignatius of Loyola

'If the criminal will not keep his gains for ever and his victim will not always suffer want, "surely man passes like a shadow and troubles himself in vain" (Ps. 39:6. LXX).' - St. Mark the Ascetic

'Watch over me, Father, so that everything I do may be with the intention of pleasing Jesus.' - St. Bernadette Soubirous

'Happy the soul that is detached from self-satisfaction, from her own will, from her own sentiments!' - St. Paul of the Cross

'He who knows what God is, studies to avoid sin.' - St. Benedict Joseph Labre

'For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.' - St. Teresa of Jesus

'When we give ourselves up entirely to His guidance and allow Him to do as He pleases with us, He enables us to make great progress in a short time, almost without our knowing it, except for the struggles in which His grace continually engages our immortified nature.' - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

'He will take good care to provide what is necessary for our sanctification, provided we are careful to accept everything according to His designs.' - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

'He who neglects action and depends on theoretical knowledge holds a staff of reed instead of a double-edged sword; and when he confronts his enemies in time of war, "it will go into his hand, and pierce it" (2 Kgs. 18:21), injecting its natural poison.' - St. Mark the Ascetic

'When you want to resolve a complex problem, seek God's will in the matter, and you will find a constructive solution.' - St. Mark the Ascetic

'A man wanted to do evil, but first prayed as usual; and finding himself prevented by God, he was then extremely thankful.' - St. Mark the Ascetic

'If you have too much to do, with God's help you will find time to do it all.' - St. Peter Canisius

'If the salvation of one soul is of such importance that we should endanger our temporal life in order to procure it, how could we abandon so great a number through fear of incurring some expense?' - St. Vincent de Paul

'Admire the goodness of the Creator, who causes the one to suffer in order to free the other.' - St. Lydwine of Schiedam(Victim soul, suffered greatly for the good of the church)

'He who is unable to spend a long time together in prayer, should often lift up his mind to God by short prayers.' - St. Philip Neri

'If a monk can overcome two things, he can become free from the world. Bodily ease and vain-glory.' - St. Poemen

'The person advancing in the spiritual life studies three things: the commandments, doctrine, and faith in the Holy Trinity.' - St. Thalassios the Libyan

'God does not forsake you. It is because he wishes to increase your glory that oftentimes he permits you to fall sick. Keep up your courage so that you may also hear him say: "Do you think I have dealt with you otherwise than that you may be shown to be just?"' - St. John Chrysostom

'One or two loving words may cause the soul to become enraptured, languishing, fainting of love and sorrow.' - St. Paul of the Cross

'Blessed the one who continually humbles himself willingly; he will be crowned by the One who willingly humbled himself for our sake.' - St. Ephrem of Syria

'One man received a thought and accepted it without examination. Another received a thought and tested its truth. Which of them acted with greater reverence?' - St. Mark the Ascetic

'It is attachment to creatures and to self-satisfaction that weakens the blessings of love in your heart. You must die to all that, if you wish the pure love of God to reign therein.' - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

'Why must we suffer? Because here below pure Love cannot exist without suffering. O Jesus, Jesus, I no longer feel my cross when I think of yours.' - St. Bernadette Soubirous