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 extraordinary works  done  on  your  own  authority — Ven. Louis de  Blois.

Vigilance is  rendered  necessary  and  indispensable, not  only  by  the  dangers  that  surround us,  but  by  the  delicacy,  the  extreme  difficulty of  the  work  we  all  have  to  engage  in — the work  of  our  salvation. — Ven. Louis de Granada,

Among the  different  means  that  we  have  of pleasing  God  in  all  that  we  do,  one  of  the  most efficacious is  to  perform  each  of  our  actions  as though  it  were  to  be  the  last  of  our  life. — St. Vincent de  Paul.

I have  to  seek  only  the  glory  of  God,  my  own sanctification, and  the  salvation  of  my  neighbor. I should  therefore  devote  myself  to  these  things, if necessary,  at  the  peril  of  my  life. — St. Alphonsus.

Idleness is  hell's  fishhook  for  catching  souls. — St. Ignatius,

Whoever imagines  himself  without  defect  has an excess  of  pride. God alone  is  perfect. — St. Antoninus.