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Character/Conduct
What a man really believes is seen in his daily conduct and speech.
- Author Unknown
Trials don't ruin a man, but rather they show what he is.
- Thomas A Kempis
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil,
is for good men to do nothing."
- Edmund Burke
"Character is either forged through the virtues
or enslaved by the vices."
- Author Unknown
Courage/Fortitude
Fortitude is the disposition of soul that enables us to despise all
inconveniences and the loss of things not in our power.
- Augustine of Hippo
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand
dangers doggedly rather then to attack them.
-Thomas Aquinas
Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will,
he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty,
if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.
-John of the Cross
Fortitude is the moderator between cowardice and foolhardiness.
-Author Unknown
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather
the realization that there is something more important.
- Author Unknown
Virtue
Virtue demands courage, constant effort,
and, above all, help from on high.
-John Vianney
Nothing is so hard fought for; yet so easily lost then virtue.
-Author Unknown
True virtue has no limits.
-Francis de Sales
Other Quotes
"There is no duty greater; then that which I owe to my Creator."
- Author Unknown
“As soon as I believed in God, I understood that
I could not do otherwise than to live for him alone.”
- Charles de Foucauled
(Former Atheist)
"Bad company corrupts good morals."
- 1 Corinthians 15:33
Let your eyes look straight ahead and your glance be directly forward.
Survey the path of your feet, and let all your ways be sure.
Turn neither to right nor left, keep your foot far from evil.
- Proverbs 4:25-27
Life is to be lived as if we're not afraid to die.
- St. Theresa of Avila
True humility is the recognition of where I am
in comparison to where I ought to be.
- Fulton Sheen
"It is vanity to wish for long life and
to care little about a well-spent life."
- Thomas A Kempis
"Know where you stand before God;
then neither praise nor criticism will touch you."
- Mother Teresa
"It is vanity to be concerned with the present only
and not to make provision for things to come."
- Thomas A Kempis
"He is truly wise who looks upon all earthly
things as folly that he may gain Christ."
- Thomas A Kempis
"The glory of a good man is the testimony of a good conscience."
- Thomas A Kempis
"Keep your heart free and raise it up to God,
for you have not here a lasting home."
- Thomas A Kempis
"A man is raised up from the earth by
two wings -- simplicity and purity."
- Thomas A Kempis
"First keep peace with yourself; then you
will be able to bring peace to others."
- Thomas A Kempis
"Be prepared for the fight, then, if you wish to gain the victory."
- Thomas A Kempis
"He does much who loves much"
- Thomas A Kempis
When they asked St. Thomas Aquanius, How
does one become a saint? He simply said, "Will it."
-Thomas Aquanius
"To love, is to will good to another and get it done."
- Thomas Aquanius
"Sincerity is no substitute for truth and right."
- Thomas A Kempis
"Many words do not satisfy the soul; but a good life
eases the mind and a clean conscience inspires
great trust in God."
- Thomas A Kempis
"To think of oneself as nothing, and always to think well
and highly of others is the best and most perfect wisdom."
- Thomas A Kempis
"Often we do not know what we can stand,
but temptation shows us what we are."
- Thomas A Kempis
"The beginning of all temptation lies in a wavering mind"
- Thomas A Kempis
"I would rather feel contrition than know how to define it."
- Thomas A Kempis
"This is the greatest wisdom -- to seek the kingdom
of heaven through contempt of the world."
- Thomas A Kempis
"Turn your heart from the love of things visible
and bring yourself to things invisible."
- Thomas A Kempis
"True peace of heart, then, is found in resisting
passions, not in satisfying them."
- Thomas A Kempis
"Bad habits and indifference to spiritual progress
do much to remove the guard from the tongue."
- Thomas A Kempis
"Vain is the man who puts his trust in men, in created things."
- Thomas A Kempis
"A good and devout man arranges in his mind the things
he has to do, not according to the whims of evil inclination but
according to the dictates of right reason."
- Thomas A Kempis
"Many often err and accomplish little or nothing
because they try to become learned rather than to live well."
- Thomas A Kempis
"If men used as much care in uprooting vices and implanting
virtues as they do in discussing problems, there would not be
so much evil and scandal in the world"
- Thomas A Kempis
"He who does God's will and renounces his own is truly very learned."
- Thomas A Kempis
"Let us, then, lay the ax to the root that we may be
freed from our passions and thus have peace of mind."
- Thomas A Kempis
"It's always the one who has no need for friends that has the most friends."
- Teresa of Avila
"Without labor there is no rest, and without fighting, no victory."
- Thomas A Kempis
Most of these quotes came from:
"The Imitation of Christ" (by Thomas A Kempis)
Imitation of Christ - Thomas A Kempis
