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Perform all  your  actions  in  union  with  the pure intention  and  perfect  love  with  which  Our Lord did  all  things  for  the  glory  of  God  and  the salvation of  the  world. — St. Mechtildis.

An air  of  meekness  and  a  modest  speech  are pleasing alike  to  God  and  men. — Ven. John Tauler.

The saints  owed  to  their  confidence  in  God  that unalterable tranquillity  of  soul,  which  procured their perpetual  joy  and  peace,  even  in  the  midst of adversities. — St. Alphonsus.

Look not  to  the  qualities  thou  mayest  possess, which are  wanting  to  others;  but  look  to  those which others  possess  and  which  are  wanting  to thee,  that  thou  mayest  acquire  them. — Ven. Louis de Granada.

Your heart  is  not  so  narrow  that  the  world  can satisfy it  entirely;  nothing  but  God  can  fill  it. — St. Ignatius.

If you  wish  to  raise  a  lofty  edifice  of  perfection, take humility  for  a  foundation. — St. Thomas Aquinas.