Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.
Lord, help me to live this day, quietly, easily. To lean upon Thy great strength, trustfully, restfully. To wait for the unfolding of Thy will, patiently, serenely. To meet others, peacefully, joyously. To face tomorrow, confidently, courageously.
Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love, Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console, To be understood as to understand, To be loved, as to love.
The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
God requires that we assist the animals, when they need our help. Each being (human or creature) has the same right of protection.
Ask the beasts and they will teach you the beauty of this earth.
The only thing ever achieved in life without effort is failure.
What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.
All things of creation are children of the Father and thus brothers of man. ... God wants us to help animals, if they need help. Every creature in distress has the same right to be protected.
Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.
What do you have to fear? Nothing. Whom do you have to fear? No one. Why? Because whoever has joined forces with God obtains three great privileges: omnipotence without power, intoxication without wine, and life without death.
We should seek not so much to pray but to become prayer.
The world is a great stage on which God displays his many wonders.
He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist
For it is in giving that we receive.
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden when someone asked what he would do if he were suddenly to learn that he would die before sunset that very day. "I would finish hoeing my garden," he replied.
Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.
Where there is Love and Wisdom, there is neither Fear nor Ignorance. Where there is Patience and Humility, there is neither Anger nor Annoyance. Where there is Poverty and Joy, there is neither Cupidity nor Avarice. Where there is Peace and Contemplation, there is neither Care nor Restlessness. Where there is the Fear of God to guard the dwelling, there no enemy can enter. Where there is Mercy and Prudence, there is neither Excess nor Harshness.
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing - nothing.
What could you do to a man who owns nothing? You can't starve a fasting man, you can't steal from someone who has no money, you can't ruin someone who hates prestige.
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