1. “God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.” – Ignatius of Loyola
2. “Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.” – Ignatius of Loyola
3. “God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.” – Ignatius of Loyola
4. “Up to his twenty-sixth year the heart of Ignatius was enthralled by the vanities of the world. His special delight was in the military life, and he seemed led by a strong and empty desire of gaining for himself a great name.” – Ignatius of Loyola
5. “For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.” – Ignatius of Loyola
6. “Discouragement is not from God.” – Ignatius of Loyola
7. “Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.” – Ignatius of Loyola
8. “Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.” – Ignatius of Loyola
9. “Go forth and set the world on fire.” – Ignatius of Loyola
10. “We must speak to God as a friend speaks to his friend, servant to his master; now asking some favor, now acknowledging our faults, and communicating to Him all that concerns us, our thoughts, our fears, our projects, our desires, and in all things seeking His counsel.” – Ignatius of Loyola
11. “Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.” – Ignatius of Loyola
12. “He learned by experience that one train of thought left him sad, the other joyful. This was his first reasoning on spiritual matters.” – Ignatius of Loyola
13. “To withdraw from creatures and repose with Jesus in the Tabernacle is my delight; there I can hide myself and seek rest. There I find a life which I cannot describe, a joy which I cannot make others comprehend, a peace such as is found only under the hospitable roof of our best Friend.” – Ignatius of Loyola
14. “Finding God in All Things.” – Ignatius of Loyola
15. “Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.” – Ignatius of Loyola
16. “It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.” – Ignatius of Loyola
17. “A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.” – Ignatius of Loyola
18. “Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.” – Ignatius of Loyola
19. “All the honey that can be gathered from the flowers of this world has less sweetness than the vinegar and gall of Jesus Christ our Lord.” – Ignatius of Loyola
20. “Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will – that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us.” – Ignatius of Loyola
21. “We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.” – Ignatius of Loyola
22. “Love is shown more in deeds than in words.” – Ignatius of Loyola
23. “One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.” – Ignatius of Loyola
24. “True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.” – Ignatius of Loyola
25. “We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.” – Ignatius of Loyola
26. “Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.” – Ignatius of Loyola
27. “May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.” – Ignatius of Loyola
28. “Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.” – Ignatius of Loyola
29. “Laugh and grow strong.” – Ignatius of Loyola
30. “Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.” – Ignatius of Loyola
31. “if it happens that the soul is attached or inclined to a thing inordinately, that one should move himself, putting forth all his strength, to come to the contrary of what he is wrongly drawn to.” – Ignatius of Loyola
32. “For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.” – Ignatius of Loyola
33. “Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.” – Ignatius of Loyola
34. “As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.” – Ignatius of Loyola
35. “All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.” – Ignatius of Loyola
36. “May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!” – Ignatius of Loyola
37. “It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.” – Ignatius of Loyola
38. “Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God.” – Ignatius of Loyola
39. “Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.” – Ignatius of Loyola
40. “If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.” – Ignatius of Loyola
41. “If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.” – Ignatius of Loyola
42. “You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace. That is enough for me.” – Ignatius of Loyola
43. “Next it dawned on him that the former ideas were of the world, the latter God-sent; finally, worldly thoughts began to lose their hold, while heavenly ones grew clearer and dearer.” – Ignatius of Loyola
44. “The glory of God is humankind fully alive.” – Ignatius of Loyola
45. “He who is not getting better is getting worse.” – Ignatius of Loyola
46. “He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.” – Ignatius of Loyola
47. “The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.” – Ignatius of Loyola
48. “God will not be outdone in generosity.” – Ignatius of Loyola
49. “He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.” – Ignatius of Loyola
50. “For it is not knowing much, but realising and relishing things interiorly, that contents and satisfies the soul.” – Ignatius of Loyola
51. “If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.” – Ignatius of Loyola
52. “Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord’s sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.” – Ignatius of Loyola
53. “If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.” – Ignatius of Loyola
54. “So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.” – Ignatius of Loyola
55. “He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences…” – Ignatius of Loyola
56. “Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison.” – Ignatius of Loyola
57. “A thick and shapeless trunk would never believe that it could become a statue, admired as a miracle of sculpture, and would never consent to submit itself to the chisel of the sculptor who sees by his genius what he can make of it.” – Ignatius of Loyola
58. “We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.” – Ignatius of Loyola
59. “It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.” – Ignatius of Loyola
60. “Teach us, Good Lord, to give and not count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do thy will.” – Ignatius of Loyola
61. “To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.” – Ignatius of Loyola
62. “He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.” – Ignatius of Loyola
63. “To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.” – Ignatius of Loyola
64. “God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.” – Ignatius of Loyola
65. “It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.” – Ignatius of Loyola
66. “They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.” – Ignatius of Loyola
67. “PRAYER. In the preparatory prayer I will beg God our Lord for grace that all my intentions, actions, and operations may be directed purely to the praise and service of His Divine Majesty.” – Ignatius of Loyola
68. “Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.” – Ignatius of Loyola
69. “Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.” – Ignatius of Loyola
70. “What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.” – Ignatius of Loyola
71. “Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.” – Ignatius of Loyola
72. “Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.” – Ignatius of Loyola
73. “Teach us to give and not to count the cost.” – Ignatius of Loyola
74. “Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.” – Ignatius of Loyola
75. “Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.” – Ignatius of Loyola