When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking of Christ.
When we speak about virtue, we are speaking of Christ.

 
St. Ambrose, 4th century

Who can assure us that we will be alive tomorrow?
Let us not put off from one moment to another
what we should do,
because the next moment is not yet ours.

 
St. Pio of Pietrelcina, 20th century

Virtue consists in keeping one’s resolution
and carrying out one’s good intentions.

 
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, 17th century

The first step of humility
is to have a constant reverence for God
in front of our eyes.
We must resist our tendency to be forgetful
and always be mindful of God's commands.

 
St Benedict, 6th century

Happy are we if love enables us to live in harmony
and in the observance of God’s commandments,
for then it will also gain for us
the remission of our sins.

 
St. Clement of Rome, 2nd century

Each one, according to his own ability,
should be a pattern of goodness to others.

 
St. Basil, 4th century

Pride alienates us from heaven;
humility leads to heaven.

 
St. Bridget of Sweden, 14th century

The world is in a miserable state.
Those who are kindly, modest, merciful and just,
will send out their streams for the good of others.

 
St. John Chrysostom, 4th century