Daily quotes on developing virtue from Saints, Popes and others.
“She (Blessed Virgin Mary) said, 'The soul’s true greatness is in loving God and in humbling oneself in His presence, completely forgetting oneself and believing oneself to be nothing, because the Lord is great, but He is well-pleased only with the humble, He always opposes the proud.'" -St. Faustina relaying the words of the Blessed [...]
"[B]usiness management cannot concern itself only with the interests of the proprietors but must also assume responsibility for all the other stakeholders who contribute to the life of the business…" Source: Pope Benedict XVI, CARITAS IN VERITATE (Charity in Truth), 6/29/2009
"Every expenditure of human strength which makes what is a means an end, which isolates living from the goal of living, is a busy idleness, a sad and mournful unreality." Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, St. Pauls, 1998.
"Two things particularly further improvement – to withdraw oneself forcibly from those vices to which nature is viciously inclined, and to work fervently for those graces which are most needed." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.
"Man is faced by two laws: the love of God and the love of self. These two loves are forever at war. One of the two must be obeyed. A choice must be made of one or the other. Neutrality is impossible. An habitually virtuous life does not end the combat. We are a balance. [...]
"Of course we should bear with our friend’s infirmities, but we should not encourage them, much less copy them. Of course I am speaking of imperfections only, for, as to sins, we must neither imitate or tolerate these in our friends." Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., [...]
"The root of all good works is the hope of the Resurrection; for the expectation of the recompense nerves the soul to good works. For every labourer is ready to endure the toils, if he sees their reward in prospect; but when men weary themselves for nought, their heart soon sinks as well as their [...]
"The sign that you have this virtue (obedience) is patience, and impatience is the sign that you do not have it. Notice that there two ways of observing obedience. The one is more perfect than the other, but like the commandments and the counsels the two are not separate but united. The one is good [...]
"Without doubt, one of the greatest risks for businesses is that they are almost exclusively answerable to their investors, thereby limiting their social value." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, CARITAS IN VERITATE (Charity in Truth), 6/29/2009
"You wish, or rather, have decided, to remove a splinter from someone? Very well, but do not go after it with a stick instead of a lancet for you will drive it deeper. Rough speech and harsh gestures are the stick, while even-tempered instruction and patient reprimand are the lancet." Source: St. John Climacus, [...]