The Christian Fight--Quotes to encourage you as you struggle against evil

"Let us return from that Table like lions breathing out fire, terrifying to the devil!"
- St. John Chrysostom

"Persevere to the end. Victory depends on this. There is a swift and effective remedy for the wounds of anyone who fights for God's cause and who places his entire trust in Him. When he least expects it, he will see his enemy at his feet."
--from The Spiritual Combat by Lorenzo Scupoli

"And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us."
--Hebrews 12:1

You will be tempted.  You will have to deal with evil.  Acknowledge your dependence on God.
"Temptation is necessary to make us realize that we are nothing in ourselves."
- St. Josemaria Escriva


"Fight to the death for Truth, and the Lord God will do battle for you."
- Sirach 4:33



"The devil strains every nerve to secure the souls which belong to Christ. We should not grudge our toil in wresting them from Satan and giving them back to God."
- St. Sebastian


"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point."
--C. S. Lewis

With God, you cannot lose
"Who has so fortified his soldiers with the arms of piety that their souls, being firmer than adamant, shine brilliantly in the contests with their opponents?"
--Eusebius witing about Jesus

Think about eternity.  Your reward awaits you
"None shall be crowned who has not fought well"
--2 Tim 2:5