Mother Angelica Quotes

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

Deep down, I know that I am a child of God who has inherited divine capacities; some of them I strive to develop, others are left languishing. I also have a human side. I lose my temper, lose patience and sometimes judge others and myself.

Though we are not Almighty God Himself, nevertheless, we are now divine.

The desert Arab found no joy like the joy of voluntarily holding back. He found luxury in abnegation, renunciation, self restraint. He made nakedness of the mind as sensuous as nakedness of the body. He saved his own soul, perhaps, and without danger, but in a hard selfishness.

Patience is a virtue; virtue is a grace.

Humility and self-restraint is the True Objective of Kenpo

There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears.

God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.

Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.

Humility, reverence, compassion, forbearance, sacrifice and self-control are the qualities that reveal the outcome of the true education.

Teach him to deny himself.

The grace of God exalts a man without inflating him, and humbles a man without debasing him.

The Ultimate expression of Humility comes when we control our senses.

It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.

Let's ask God to help us to self-control for one who lacks it, lacks his grace.

In general, it can be said that no contemplative life is possible without ascetic self-discipline. One must learn to survive without the habit-forming luxuries which get such a hold on men today. I do not say that to be a contemplative one absolutely has to go without smoking or without alcohol, but certainly one must be able to use these things without being dominated by an uncontrolled need for them.

If we didn't have to stand against temptation, we'd never know our own spiritual strength.

He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of mankind, Virtue will never desert him. He returns to the state of a little child.

Here's an experiment: For one whole day think, speak, and act exactly as you would if you were absolutely convinced of the truth of the statements that God has all power and infinite intelligence, and that His nature is infinite goodness and love. To think in this manner all day will be the most difficult thing, because thought is so subtle. To speak in accordance with these truths will be easier, if you are vigilant. To act in accordance with them will be the easiest part, although it may require much in the way of moral courage.

You will gain more by receiving scorn peacefully than if you fasted for a week on bread and water. It is good to humble ourselves; but it is much more worthwhile to accept the humiliations that come to us from others.

I direct my attention to the individual, to make him strong, to teach him that he himself is divine, and I call upon men to make themselves conscious of this divinity within. That is really the ideal --conscious or unconscious --of every religion.

Can everybody contact the higher forces? No, not indeed; but they submit themselves to a discipline and this brings them success.

When God wants to move a mountain, he does not take a bar of iron, but he takes a little worm. The fact is, we have too much strength. We are not weak enough. It is not our strength that we want. One drop of God's strength is worth more than all the world.

. . . meekness,love, purity, these are the things that should magnify us.

So let me tell you what I think about gods. I think a real god is not going to be so scared or angry that he tries to keep other people down…A real god doesn’t care about control. A real god already has control of everything that needs controlling. Real gods would want to teach you how to be just like them.