Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.

Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.

The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.

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.

It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection.

Discouragement is not from God.