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Since God is satisfied with our good will and honest efforts, let us also be satisfied with the outcome He gives to them, and our actions will never be without good results

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Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
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Fear not calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon.
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You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time
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Naturally, everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands, and by the most amiable corrections as well, if they are frequent, immoderate, or given inappropriately.
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If you think something should be done, take the trouble to write to me about it, and together we will decide the time and manner of doing it.
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Oh! how happy the man of means who uses his wealth and his life for the greater glory of God, from whom he has received them!
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He also always blesses humble beginnings much more than those accompanied by a lot of show.
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. . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.
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To this end, we should help and support one another and strive for peace and union among ourselves. This is the wine that cheers and strengthens travelers along the narrow path of Jesus Christ.
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With whose imperfections will you bear, and what insult are you capable of enduring, if a thoughtless word from your own Superior is unbearable?
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I am the only wretch who keeps on heaping new iniquities and abominations on myself. O Monsieur, how merciful God is to put up with me with so much patience and forbearance, and how weak and miserable I am to abuse his mercies so greatly!
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(1) Be convinced that exactness in rising is one of the most important practices in the Company and that as the day begins so the rest of the day continues (2) give yourselves sincerely to God on going to bed in the evening, asking Him for the strength to overcome yourselves in the morning and to obey His voice without delay.
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Let us do our duty well let us go straight to God let us work to become very humble, very patient, very mortified, and very charitable.
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Naturally, everyone loves his freedom, but we must beware of this as of a broad road that leads to perdition.
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I hope that this man can be won over by your bearing charitably with him, advising him prudently, and praying for him. This is what I do for your family in general and for you in particular.
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There are some persons who are content with everything and others who are scarcely content with anything. These latter need patience to bear with themselves.
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In a word, we are like the servants of the centurion in the Gospel with regard to the bishops, insofar as when they say to us: go, we are obliged to go if they say: come, we are obliged to come do that, and we are obliged to do it.
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It is not easy to find perfect men in whom there is nothing to criticize.
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