Quotes from Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Teach us, good Lord, to serve Thee as Thou deservest:To give and not to count the cost;To fight and not to heed the wounds;To toil and not to seek for rest;To labor and not ask for any rewardSave that of knowing that we do Thy will.

Almost the whole life of religious bodies lies in the maintenance of their first fervor.

Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God.