"One rare and exceptional deed is worth far……" — Saint Ignatius
"One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones."
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22 Quotes by Saint Ignatius
Saint Ignatius has 22 quotes on this site.
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In the light of the Divine Goodness, it seems to me, though others may think differently, that ingratitude is the…
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If I cannot add to my own low level of understanding, I could ill afford to try to raise that…
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Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and…
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I have no doubt concerning that Supreme Goodness, who is so eager to share His blessings, or of that everlasting…
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In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds…
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It is certain that, because the negligent do not struggle against self, they never achieve peace of soul or do…
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In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the judgment of…
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Try to keep your soul always in peace and quiet, always ready for whatever our Lord may wish to work…
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It is not the soul alone that should be healthy; if the mind is healthy in a healthy body, all…
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It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any…
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He who aims at making an entire and perfect oblation of himself, in addition to his will, must offer his…
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the…
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More Commonplace Quotes
This quote is filed under Commonplace Quotes,
one of 249 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers,…
— Cecil Beaton
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To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.
— Samuel Butler
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Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick…
— George Carlin
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Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark…
— Willa Cather
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Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and…
— Jean Cocteau
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It is a commonplace of American life that immigrants have made our country great and continue to make a very…
— William J. Clinton
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In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see…
— Blaise Pascal
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Be patient and sympathetic with the type of mind that cuts a poor figure in examinations. It may, in the…
— William James
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Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial…
— Cesare Pavese
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Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies the highest ideal of life and character. There may…
— Samuel Smiles
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In my plays I want to look at life at the commonplace of existence as if we had just turned…
— Christopher Fry
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