Doing little things with a strong desire to please God
makes them really great.

 
St. Francis de Sales, 16th century

The Lord's mercies are without end.
God will give us strength to serve him.

 
St. Francis Xavier, 16th century

Blessed is the Lord,
whom our mouth cannot adequately praise,
because his Gift is too great for orators to tell.

 
St. Ephrem, 4th century

We must know before we can love.
In order to know God we must think of him often;
and when we come to love him we shall then also think of him often,
for our heart will be with our treasure.

 
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection; 17th century

Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

They that love the Lord shall lack no good thing.

 
St. Columba, 6th century

We ought not to be weary
of doing little things for the love of God,
who regards not the greatness of the work,
but the love with which it is performed.

 
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, 17th century

Lord, our God, grant us the grace to desire you
with our whole heart, so that in desiring,
we may seek and find you; and so finding you,
we may love you; and loving you, we may hate those sins
from which you have redeemed us.

 
St. Anselm, 11th century