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1 " How I wish your bearing and conversation were such that, on seeing or hearing you, people would say: 'This man reads the life of Jesus Christ. "
― Josemaría Escrivá , The Way
2 " 290 To reform. Every day a little. This has to be your constant task if you really want to become a saint. "
3 " You’ll have won a great battle if you lose the fear of letting yourself be known. "
4 " After seeing how many people waste their lives, their whole lives (tongues wagging, wagging, wagging, and all the inevitable consequences), silence seems preferable to me, and more necessary than ever. And I well understand, Lord, why we have to give an account of all our idle words. "
5 " The enemy: Will you obey... even in this 'ridiculous' little detail? You, with God's grace: I will obey... even in this 'heroic' little detail. "
6 " What conversations! What vulgarity and what dirt! And you have to associate with them, in the office, in the university, in the operating-theatre..., in the world.Ask them if they wouldn't mind stopping, and they laugh at you. Look annoyed, and they get worse. Leave them, and they continue.This is the solution: first pray for them, and offer up some sacrifice; then face them like a man and make use of the 'strong language apostolate'. — The next time we meet I'll tell you — in a whisper — a few useful words. "
7 " I don’t understand how you can call yourself a Christian and lead such an idle, useless life. Have you forgotten Christ’s life of toil?” (The Way, 356); “May your behavior and your conversation be such that everyone who sees or hears you can say: This man reads the life of Jesus Christ” (2). "
8 " 359 Add a supernatural motive to your ordinary professional work, and you will have sanctified it. "
9 " Blaze a trail! "
10 " 249 Make few resolutions. Make specific resolutions. And fulfill them with the help of God. "
11 " 191 Conquer yourself each day from the very first moment, getting up on the dot, at a set time, without granting a single minute to laziness. If, with the help of God, you conquer yourself in that moment, you’ll have accomplished a great deal for the rest of the day. It’s so discouraging to find yourself beaten in the first skirmish! "
12 " 97 You don’t know what to say to our Lord in prayer. Nothing comes to you and yet you would like to ask his advice about many things. Look: take some notes during the day of the things you want to think about in the presence of God. And then go with those notes to pray. "
13 " 437 If one of my fellow men had died to save me from death … God died. And I remain indifferent. "
14 " 81 Action is worthless without prayer; prayer is worth more with sacrifice. "
15 " Be firm! Be strong! Be a man! And then … be an angel! "
16 " 266 Never make a decision without stopping to consider the matter in the presence of God. "
17 " There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and undo the savage work of those who think that man is a beast.And that crusade is a matter for you. "
18 " 306 “The life of man upon earth is warfare.” So said Job many centuries ago. There are still some easygoing individuals unaware of this fact. "
19 " 21 Excuses. You’ll never lack them if you want to avoid your duties. What a lot of rationalizing! Don’t stop to think about excuses. Get rid of them and do what you should. "
20 " 159 Your heart weakens and you reach out for something on earth to support you. Good, but take care that what you grasp to stop you from falling doesn’t become a dead weight that will drag you down, a chain that will enslave you. "
