Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
With whose imperfections will you bear, and what insult are you capable of enduring, if a thoughtless word from your own Superior is unbearable?
Vincent de Paul
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
Catholic Priest
Priest
Bears
Enduring
Capable
Unbearable
Whose
Imperfection
Wisdom
Insult
Word
Superior
Superiors
Endure
Thoughtless
Bear
Imperfections
More quotes by Vincent de Paul
If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.
Vincent de Paul
We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.
Vincent de Paul
The works of God are not accomplished when we wish them, but whenever it pleases Him.
Vincent de Paul
Providence must call us and we must follow it, if we are to go forward confidently.
Vincent de Paul
God has great plans for you, directed towards helping you do what Jesus Christ did when He was on earth. This requires you do resist temptation vigorously, with special confidence in the assistance of His Divine Goodness. Courage then, Monsieur. Be faithful to Him, and the Divine Goodness will be favorable to you.
Vincent de Paul
(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.
Vincent de Paul
Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.
Vincent de Paul
. . . It is God's plan that those who are to help others spiritually fall into the temptations of mind and body by which others can be tormented. . . . Scorn both these evil suggestions and the wickedness of their author, who is the devil.
Vincent de Paul
There is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can.
Vincent de Paul
Laws must never be made compatible with crimes, no more than lying should be in harmony with the truth.
Vincent de Paul
So, we pray well when we remain in this way in the presence of God, with no exertion of the understanding or will. Therefore, you will do well to listen to God in the urge you feel to return to us.
Vincent de Paul
I have never come away from you without reflecting that the Spirit of God and His holy workings reside in you.
Vincent de Paul
. . . [T]hese [ideas] are only suggestions of the evil spirit who, to jeopardize your salvation, suggests to you extraordinary works that are beyond your strength, under the fine pretext of practicing, on your own, the spiritual and corporal works of mercy . . .
Vincent de Paul
[W]ork at ridding yourself of the esteem you have had up to now for the glitter and sparkle of virtue and the vain applause of the world, which Our Lord so assiduously avoided and so often recommends us to shun, and that you labor in earnest to acquire true and solid virtues.
Vincent de Paul
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
Vincent de Paul
And what are we doing if we are not doing God's Will?
Vincent de Paul
I cannot think of the results of your labors without shame at the little we do.
Vincent de Paul
In the name of Our Lord, Monsieur, do all you can to regain your health and take good care of it so that you can serve God and the poor for a longer time. This moderate care does not preclude the obligation we have of generously risking our lives when the salvation of our neighbor is concerned.
Vincent de Paul
If we want to find the manna hidden in our vocation, let us restrict and confine all our desires within it.
Vincent de Paul
. . . Our Lord humbles in order to raise up, and allows the suffering of interior and exterior afflictions in order to bring about peace. He often desires some things more than we do, but wants us to merit the grace of accomplishing them by several practices of virtue and to beg for this with many prayers.
Vincent de Paul