Lawrence G. Lovasik

“True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense.”

“Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy than by service.”

“If you are looking for a friend in this life, a true friend, a friend who will never fail you, then seek Jesus.”

“Let your first thought in the morning be thanksgiving to God for the new day.”

“Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be.”

“Confession is an act of honesty and courage - an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a forgiving and merciful God.”

“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.”

“Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.”

“The love of God is the root of all good works.”

“The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for what He is sending us every day in His goodness.”

“Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.”

“The most powerful prayer, one well-nigh omnipotent, and the one in which we most surely obtain our petition, is the prayer of perseverance.”

“Every cross is a message of love from the heart of God.”

“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving.”

“God loves a cheerful giver because a cheerful giver is a reflection of God's own love.”