Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.

The merit of the cross does not consist in its heaviness, but in the manner in which we carry it. I would even say that it is sometimes more virtuous to carry a cross of straw than a heavy cross because we have to be more attentive for fear of losing it.

Strive to see God in all things without exception. Do not smother yourself...If you start smothering yourself with a host of cares and longings and wishes ... you will be disabling yourself from serving God with all your heart.

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage

All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.

One rarely does well what one rarely does.

Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.