Every man gives his life for what he believes.
Every woman gives her life for what she believes.
Sometimes people believe in little or nothing,
and so they give their lives to little or nothing.
One life is all we have, and we live it
as we believe in living it… and then it’s gone.
But to surrender who you are and to live without belief
is more terrible than dying –
even more terrible than dying young.
–Saint Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
If it were given to a man to see virtue’s reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
–Saint Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510)
God gives us his light in an instant, allowing us to know all that we need to know. No more is given to us that is necessary in his plan to lead us to perfection. We cannot seek this light; it is given to us from God as he chooses.
–Saint Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510)
You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.
–Saint Angela Merici (1474-1540)
Regard yourselves as ministers and servants, reflecting that you have more need to serve them than they have to be served by you. God could very well provide for them by other means even better than you.
–Saint Angela Merici (1474-1540)
Learn from our Lord who, while he was in this world, was as a servant, obeying the Eternal Father even unto death. And this is why he says: ‘I have been among you not as the one who is served, but as the one who serves’.
–Saint Angela Merici (1474-1540)
