To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints.

Don't say, "That person bothers me." Think: "That person sanctifies me".

It's true he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgement. Have pity in your heart and don't forget that he may yet be an Augustine, while you remain just another mediocrity.

To begin is easy; to persevere is sanctity.- Let your perseverance not be a blind consequence of the first impulse, the work of inertia: let it be a reflective perseverance.

If you say the Holy Rosary every day, with a spirit of faith and love, our Lady will make sure she leads you very far along her Son's path.

To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints.

Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it.