Saint Augustine Quotes, Fighting Quotes

Let necessity, and not your will, slay the enemy who fights against you.

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He indeed possesses the Character imposed on him, but he wanders as a renegade.

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Now, may our God be our hope. He Who made all things is better than all things. He Who made all beautiful things is more beautiful than all of them. He Who made all mighty things is more mighty than all of them. He Who made all great things is greater than all of them. Learn to love the Creator in His creature, and the maker in what He has made.

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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

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And he departed from our sight that we might return to our hearts and find him there. For he left us, and behold, he is here.

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Man has been naturally so created that it is advantageous for him to be submissive, but disastrous for him to follow his own will, and not the will of his creator.

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Now the Apostle, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, says, "Knowledge inflates: but love edifies." The only correct inerpretation of this saying is that knowledge is valuable when charity informs it. Without charity, knowledge inflates; that is, it exalts man to an arrogance which is nothing but a kind of windy emptiness.

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It is not earthly riches which make us or our sons happy; for they must either be lost by us in our lifetime, or be possessed when we are dead, by whom we know not, or perhaps by whom we would not.

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Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.

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I count myself one of the number of those who write as they learn and learn as they write.

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To dye oneself with paints in order to have a rosier or a paler complexion is a lying counterfeit.

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If we tread our vices under our feet, we make of them a ladder by which to rise to higher things.

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If you excuse yourself in confession, you shut up sin within your soul, and shut out pardon.

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Indifferent acts are judged by their ends sins are judged by themselves.

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Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

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I did not find you outside, O Lord, because I made the mistake of seeking outside you who were within

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He pleaseth God whom God pleaseth.

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The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.

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You have enemies. For who can live on this earth without them? Take heed to yourselves: love them. In no way can your enemy so hurt you by his violence, as you hurt yourself if you love him not.

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Humility is first, second and third in Christianity.

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