QUOTATION: The Essentials

I have to seek only the glory of God, my own sanctification, and the salvation of my neighbor. I should therefore devote myself to these things, if necessary, at the peril of my life.

--St. Alphonsus Liguori

QUOTATION: Pleasing God

He that undertakes a thing solely for the glory of God, is not troubled at all, though his undertaking may fail of success; for, in truth, by working with a pure intention, he has already gained his object, which was to please Almighty God. 

--St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Holy Eucharist