David Given Schwarm

To touch the hearts of your students is the greatest miracle you can perform. — St John Baptist de La Salle

The principal trap that the devil sets for young people is idleness. This is a fatal source of all evil. Don’t let there be any doubt in your mind that man is born to work, and when he doesn’t do so, he’s out of his element and in great danger of offending God. – St…

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a should except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry. – St Francis de Sales

Isn’t it absurd to send children out to jobs and to school, and to school all you can to prepare them for these, and yet not to ‘bring them upon in the chastening and admonition of the Lord (Eph. 6:4)?’ Discipline is needed, not eloquence; character, not cleverness; deeds, not words. These gain a man…

Do not lose heart, even if you should discover that you lack qualities necessary for the work to which you are called. He who called you will not desert you, but the moment you are in need he will stretch out his saving hand. – St Angela Merici

The best thing for us is not what we consider best, but what the Lord wants of us. – St Josephine Bakhita