Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.
- St. Rose of Lima
Grounded in the power of the resurrection, there is nothing in this world, and nothing in Hell, that can ultimately defeat God's one, true, holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.
- Bishop Daniel R. Jenky
If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.
- Bl. Cardinal John Henry Newman
Part of Purgatory must be the realization of how little it would have to take to make a vice into a virtue.
- Flannery O'Connor
Pray with great confidence, with confidence based upon the goodness and infinite generosity of God and upon the promises of Jesus Christ. God is a spring of living water which flows unceasingly into the hearts of those who pray.
- St. Louis de Montfort
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
- St. Francis de Sales
Fortitude is the disposition of soul which enables us to despise all inconveniences and the loss of things not in our power.
- St. Augustine