Anna

“191    Conquer yourself each day from the very first moment, getting up on the dot, at a set time, without granting a single minute to laziness. If, with the help of God, you conquer yourself in that moment, you’ll have accomplished a great deal for the rest of the day. It’s so discouraging to find yourself beaten in the first skirmish!”
― Josemaría Escrivá, The Way

“One thing is certain: When the time has come, nothing which is man made will subsist. One day, all human accomplishments will be reduced to a pile of ashes. But every single child to whom a woman has given birth will live forever, for he has been given an immortal soul made to God's image and likeness. In this light, the assertion of de Beauvoir that 'women produce nothing' becomes particularly ludicrous.”
― Alice von Hildebrand, The Privilege of Being a Woman

“Better to be a beggar in freedom than to be forced into compromises against my conscience. —”
― Dietrich von Hildebrand, My Battle Against Hitler: Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich

“306    “The life of man upon earth is warfare.” So said Job many centuries ago. There are still some easygoing individuals unaware of this fact.”
― Josemaría Escrivá, The Way