The highest degree of meekness consists in seeing, serving, honoring, and treating amiably, on occasion, those who are not to our taste, and who show themselves unfriendly, ungrateful, and troublesome to us.

-- St. Francis de Sales

It is His breath that is in us, and when He wants to, He will take it away. Fear of death is for those who are not willing to go to Christ.

-- St. Cyprian of Carthage

When the temptation is violent, it is useful to renew our purpose of never consenting to any sin, saying: My God I wish to die rather than offend thee. My Jesus, help me; Mary pray for me.

-- Alphonsus Liguori

What is the mark of love for your neighbor? Not to seek what is for your own benefit, but what is for the benefit of the one   loved, both in body and in soul.

-- St. Basil the Great

Without discretion, virtue becomes vice, and the natural impulses serve only to upset and wreck the personality.

-- St. Bernard of Clairvaux

A man who governs his passions is master of the world. We must either command them, or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil..

-- St. Dominic

The Devil temps us so that he may ruin. God allows him to tempt so that He may perfect us in virtue.

-- Ambrose of Milan

It is loving the Cross that one finds one heart, for Divine Love cannot live without suffering.

-- St. Bernadette

Every little glimpse of God that can be gained exceeds every pain and every joy that man can conceive without it.

-- St. Catherine of Genoa

To the devil I bequeath my sins against God. To the world I bequeath all vanities, transitory things, worldly satisfactions, empty hopes, curiosities, even friends and relatives, so that I may exchange what is passing for what is eternal, and worldly curiosity for the true vision of the face of God.

--St. Camillus de Lellis

If you won't abandon Christ, He will not abandon you!  As God helps his servants in a special way, he who serves God should live in great peace. There is only one condition: be friends of God and live as His children.

-- St. Thomas Aquinas

However great the work that God may achieve by an individual, he must not indulge in self-satisfaction. He ought rather to be all the more humbled, seeing himself merely as a tool which God has made use of.

-- St. Vincent de Paul

He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.

-- St. Phillip Neri

Celebrate the feast of Christmas everyday, even every moment in the interior temple of your spirit, remaining like a baby in the arms of the heavenly Father, where you will be reborn each moment in the Divine Word, Jesus Christ!

-- St. Paul of the Cross

Of us God demands purity of heart, that purity which is the life of the soul. He wants besides, since we possess no virtues worthy of Him, a deep respect and true humility. Let us simply be faithful, humble, and confident. He will do the rest.

-- St. Peter Julian Eymard

Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is queen even of God's heart.

-- St. Maxamillian Kolbe

What little love for God you have when you give in without a fight because it's not a grave sin!

-- St. Josemaria Escriva

The home must be in accord with the Church, that all harmful influences be withheld from the souls of children. Where there is true piety in the home, purity of morals reigns supreme.

-- St John Vianney

A life lived in Christ's Spirit, the Spirit of the Beatitudes, is "blessed", and only the person who becomes a "man or woman of the Beatitudes" can succeed in communicating love and peace to others.

-- Pope John Paul II

Don't give in to discouragement....... If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own powers. Never bother about people's opinions.  Be obedient to truth. For with humble obedience, you will never be disturbed.

-- Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.

-- St. Therese of Lisieux

There are two sides to every sin: the turning of the will towards fleeting satisfaction and the turning away from everlasting value. The first can be called lust; the unbridled desire for pleasure. The second is pride; the lack of the submission to God.

-- St. Thomas Aquinas

When death comes, and we stand before God, no king can command Him, no authority can restrain Him, no riches can hire Him to wait past his appointed time even one monent of an hour. Therefore let us speak what we are bound to speak and do the deeds we are called to do. No empty time is allowed to any of us.

-- St. Thomas More

It is true that God's power triumphs over everything, but humble and suffering prayer prevails over God Himself.

-- St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

The more we have denied ourselves during the day, the nearer we are each evening to the heart of our Lord.

-- St. Madeleine Sophie Barat

Every man’s treasure is that which he desires. If it is based on earthly ambitions, its acquisition makes men not blessed but wretched. But many people use their wealth as a tool of devotion. By distributing what might be superfluous to support the poor, they are amassing imperishable riches.

-- Pope St. Leo the Great