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When you  do  a  good  action,  have  the  intention of first  pleasing  God,  and  then  of  giving  good example to  your  neighbor. — St. Alphonsus.

The grace  of  perseverance  is  the  most  important of  all;  it  crowns  all  other  graces. — St. Vincent de Paul.

Prayer is  the  only  channel  through  which  God's great  graces  and  favors  may  flow  into  the  soul; and if  this  be  once  closed,  I  know  no  other  way He can  communicate  them. — St. Teresa.

To acquire  courage  it  is  very  useful  to  read  the lives of  the  saints,  especially  of  those  who,  after  living in  sin,  attained  great  sanctity.— St. Alphonsus.

The truly  humble  reject  all  praise  for  themselves, and  refer  it  all  to  God. — St. Alphonsus.

Prayer should  be  effective  and  practical,  since it has  for  its  end  the  acquisition  of  solid  virtue and the  mortification  of  the  passions. — St. Vincent de Paul.

We do  not  keep  an  account  of  the  graces  which God has  given  us,  but  God  our  Lord  keeps  an  ac-