"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Champions are made by doing the little things, and the war is won in the small battles of life. Being faithful and committed in the small things leads to heroic virtue when it truly counts. Indeed, it is in doing the little things now that you develop the character to become that husband and father you hope to be someday
– Sarah Swafford, Emotional Virtue
The one great requisiste is character
– Talmud
Poemen said, “The character of the genuine monk only appears when he is tempted”
– De vitis Patrum, Sive Verba Seniorum, Liber V
“When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her.” – Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen