Then I leave the 80 best Phrases of Saint John Bosco , Also known as Don Bosco, A Catholic priest, educator and Italian writer who lived during the 19th century (1815 - 1888).
Don Bosco spent practically the whole of his life helping street children, juvenile delinquents and other disadvantaged groups of the youth. As an educator, he based his methods on affection and kindness, leaving aside the traditional punishments of the time.
Later, this method would be called the Salesian Preventive System (SPS), based on the idea of making young people see the ugliness of sin and the beauty of virtue, and rejecting physical punishment in exchange for dialogue and understanding.
The great work of this priest in regard to education and aid to the disadvantaged was his beatification in 1934 by Pope Pius XI.
In the following sentences we can appreciate the pure, hard-working, austere and sensible character of this great figure of the Catholic religion and education.
1. All armies are useless if God does not assist them.
2. Do good while you still have time.
3. Forgive everything to others, but do nothing to yourself.
4. Our greatest enemy is laziness; Let us fight it without rest.
5. Do not leave for tomorrow the good you can do today. There may not be a tomorrow.
6. Do not do anything today that you can embarrass tomorrow.
7. Tolerate the imperfections of others if you want others to tolerate yours.
8. Without trust or love, there can be no good education.
9. Remember, God does not reward results, but effort.
10. Let yourself be guided by reason and not by passion.
11. Rest does not mean laziness.
12. A lazy mind is the devil's toy.
13. If you want to be loved, you must love yourselves.
14. The child who can not tolerate offenses, who can not accept the punishment of his parents or superiors, is still far from knowing virtue.
15. Stay away from laziness and lazy people. Carry out your labors, for when we allow ourselves to be lazy, we are in danger of sinning.
16. If your parents live in the faith, they will be good counselors, because they will know you well, and your counsel will be good and reliable.
17. Laziness teaches us all kinds of vices.
18. The good Christian obeys his parents, his teachers and his superiors, because in them he sees God.
19. God sometimes punishes neglected parents in this life and shortens the days of disobedient children.
20. As soon as you feel the temptation, deal with something. Laziness and modesty never go together.
21. If you overcome laziness, you can overcome temptations against purity.
22. Laziness is the mother of all vices.
23. Unfortunately, parents are not always good counselors, as they are not always guided by what is best for the spiritual well-being of their child.
24. Experience has shown me that the well-being and happiness of a family are only guaranteed by the practice of religion.
25. Do not rush by judging the actions of others.
26. Obedience should have no limits.
27. Do you want your friends to respect you? He thinks well about the whole world and is willing to help others. Do this and you will always be happy.
28. One must learn to obey before one can command.
29. Where humility reigns, the Grace of God will triumph.
30. Be obedient to your superiors and submissive to his orders, since it is our superiors who watch over us as if they had to explain to God about the welfare of our souls.
31. Doing what we are told makes us virtuous before God.
32. Disobedience is the root of all evil.
33. If you want to please Jesus and Mary, obey your guardian angel.
34. The Lord always blesses those who obey his commands.
35. Lord, let us try to do good in this life and in the other.
36. Do not give up one millimeter of your authority. This must be total and absolute, or you will not get anything.
37. If anyone wants to be good, he must have a little courage, be ready for sacrifice, be kind and never unpleasant.
38. If you are humble and patient, our Lord Jesus will give you the will and the means.
39. Always try to trust other people. Keep in mind, at least, your good intentions. Never reproach an already forgiven evil.
40. Do good to all, and do no harm to anyone.
41. Let us serve the Lord with blessed happiness.
42. Be happy, but let your happiness be real, emanate from a sinless conscience.
43. The best guarantee against anger is to let it happen before you act.
44. When one is convinced that his cause is just, he will fear nothing.
45. Be brave. Do not let yourself be guided by what others think or say.
46. I am not afraid of what men can do to tell me the truth. I only fear what God would do to me if I lied.
47. Fear not. Our Lady will provide us with everything we need.
48. Never hit a child for any reason.
49. Remember that knowledge without morality is the soul of perdition.
50. Never neglect classy students. Be patient with your antics.
51. One way to gain knowledge is to not let time pass. Time, my children, is precious. Dedicate to study all the time you have been assigned.
52. Pay special attention to students with more difficulties.
53. Do not let your students' behavior during recess affect their grade.
54. Suffer a little for God willingly, for He suffered much for you.
55. In 1848 I realized that if I wanted to do something good, I should put politics aside. Since then I have fled politics and managed to do good without interference.
56. A Catholic priest has no political principles except the Word of God.
57. I always know the first to go to class and the last to get out of it.
58. Without trust and love there can be no true education.
59. The teacher who is only in class is a teacher and nothing more; But if he spends his recess with his students, he becomes a brother.
60. Coming and attending Mass daily are the two pillars of education.
61. I have always tried to enlighten the mind while it ennobled the heart.
62. If the youth is well educated, we will have moral order. If not, vice and disorder will prevail.
63. Religion by itself can initiate and achieve a true education.
64. Do not be stubborn or fickle. I have always been able to see that people who are volatile fail in everything they do.
65. Only a villain would treat an innocent priest as if he were a criminal.
66. Believe me, no one can be completely happy in this world if he is not at peace with God.
67. The true Christian must be willing to suffer spiritually as Jesus Christ did when he was betrayed by one of his disciples, denied by another and abandoned by all.
68. Sweetness is the favorite virtue of Jesus Christ.
69. Son, if you want to find peace, you must first free your heart from the devil.
70. Study to be very rich, but rich in virtue, for the greatest treasure is the sacred fear of God.
71. If we want to have a good society, we must concentrate all our efforts on educating young people in Christianity. Experience has taught me that caring for young people is the only way to achieve a sustainable civil society.
72. I always urge my students to use earthly knowledge as the first step to the divine.
73. Everything disappears except our gratitude. Let us pray that God will abundantly bless those who have been so good to us.
74. Patience overcomes many difficulties.
75. Divine Providence, in due course, will defend the innocent.
76. Providence will decide the fate of humans and make the oppressors of the weak pay for their sins by being oppressed by others.
77. Be courageous and separate your heart from earthly things.
78. Do all you can to banish the darkness of your mind and thus understand what true piety is.
79. Purify your heart through confession, and free it from anything that might have corrupted it.
80. The main thing is that we carry the burden on our shoulders. As we progress, it will settle and distribute evenly.
81. Among you, young people, is where I feel good.
82- When I am far from you, I feel I lack something.
"I would go until Superga dragging my tongue to save a soul."
"I can only offer you this: Bread, work and Paradise.
85 Now we have to work, and we will rest in paradise.
86- Whoever leaves a house to find the vocation finds hundreds,
87. We must make good Christians and honest citizens.
88- A piece of paradise fixes everything.
Always be united to the Lord.
Give me souls, the rest you can take away from me.
91. A good piece of advice would accept it even if it came from the devil.
92- Here we make holiness consist in always being happy.
93. Health, wisdom, holiness. The three"S"
94- Never say"I do not touch"but"I go"
95- My system is based on religion, reason and love.
96- In giving culture and principles, we warn criminals.
97- Do not consider as a friend the one who always praises you and does not have the courage to tell you your shortcomings.
98- Being good does not mean never committing a fault, but knowing how to correct.
99. Always be cheerful, but let your smile be sincere.
100. An hour won at dawn is an invaluable treasure in the afternoon.
Help me to save many souls, but first yours.
You will understand better the importance of the good, if you consider that your eternal salvation or your condemnation, depends solely on you.
103- The sweetness in speaking, acting and rebuking, wins everything and everyone.
104. The best work that can be done in this world is to bring lost souls to good path, to virtue.
Do you want to do a good thing? Educate youth, do you want to do a divine thing? Educate youth. Rather, this, among the divine things, is divinísima.
106- Children should be educated with love, friendship and responsibility.
107 - Mary Help of Christians is the one who has done everything.
Mary is our guide, our teacher, our mother.
109- Always strive to live in the friendship of God.
110 - For the young we must be willing to endure any against time and fatigue.
111. Young people should not only be loved, they should feel that they are loved.
112- As loving parents, always correct with kindness.
God sees you.
114 Sadness and melancholy, outside my house.
115. The general good must always be preferred to the individual. Our particular benefit should not be taken into account when it comes to the common good.
116- Nothing disturbs you, whoever has God has everything.
One is only my desire, to see you happy in time and in eternity.
118- To be good, you just have to practice three things and everything will work out for you. What are these three things?: Joy, study and piety.
119. Education and the virgin are the two pillars that are to sustain our lives.
120- Whatever you get standing, thank him on his knees. What you can not talk about, do it praying.