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We are  not  raised  the  first  day  to  the  summit of perfection. It is  by  climbing,  not  by  flying, that we  arrive  there. — St, Bernard.

What we  do  for  ourselves  during  life  is  more certain than  all  the  good  we  expect  others  to  do for  us  after  death. — St. Gregory the  Great.

Idleness begets  a  discontented  life. It develops self-love, which  is  the  cause  of  all  our  misery,  and renders us  unworthy  to  receive  the  favors  of  divine love. — St. Ignatius.

Have death  always  before  your  eyes  as  a salutary  means  of  returning  to  God. — St. Bernard.

If the  devil  tempts  me  by  the  thought  of divine  justice,  I  think  of  God's  mercy;  if  he tries  to  fill  me  with  presumption  by  the thought of  His  mercy,  I  think  of  His  justice. — St. Ignatius.

In time  of  temptation  continue  the  good  thou hast begun  before  temptation. — St. Vincent Ferrer.