Quote

[R]est assured that, when you remain thus in the state in which obedience has placed you, the merit of this same obedience extends over everything you do, giving each action inestimable value, even when things do not turn out as you wish.

Vincent de Paul

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
Catholic Priest
Priest
Action
Remain
States
Value
Inestimable
Everything
Turn
Extends
Giving
Wisdom
Assured
Even
State
Placed
Things
Turns
Merit
Values
Obedience
Wish
Thus

More quotes by Vincent de Paul

Image
If you do not see any good in these persons, then say nothing, but if you do see some, speak about it to honor God in them because all good proceeds from Him.
Vincent de Paul
Image
All comes at the proper time to him who knows how to wait.
Vincent de Paul
Image
Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself.
Vincent de Paul
Image
[T]hese losses of the Church in the past hundred years give us reason to fear in the present misfortune that in another hundred years we may lose the Church entirely in Europe. So, keeping this fear in mind, blessed are those who cooperate in extending the Church elsewhere.
Vincent de Paul
Image
[A] truly humble spirit humbles itself as much amid honors as amid insults, acting like the honeybee which makes its honey equally as well from the dew that falls on the wormwood as from that which falls on the rose.
Vincent de Paul
Image
[L]ove is inventive to infinity.
Vincent de Paul
Image
[A] sick mind cannot be cured by the sheer force of persuasion.
Vincent de Paul
Image
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
Image
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!
Vincent de Paul
Image
. . . [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
Image
We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.
Vincent de Paul
Image
If after so much effort and prayer, the matter is not successful, it will be a clear sign that God does not will it.
Vincent de Paul
Image
Let us be submissive to Providence, He will see to our affairs in His own time and in His own way
Vincent de Paul
Image
The wisest persons, surprised by some passion, often say things they later regret.
Vincent de Paul
Image
It will be most pleasing to O[ur] L[ord] if you husband your strength in order to serve Him better.
Vincent de Paul
Image
The angels would become incarnate if they could, so that they might come to earth to imitate the example and virtues of the Son of God!
Vincent de Paul
Image
Furthermore, the apostolic life does not exclude contemplation but encompasses it and profits by it to know better the eternal truths it must proclaim
Vincent de Paul
Image
Peace is worth far more than anything they might take from you.
Vincent de Paul
Image
And what are we doing if we are not doing God's Will?
Vincent de Paul
Image
We must hold as an irrefutable maxim that the difficulties we have with our neighbor arise more from our immortified moods than from anything else.
Vincent de Paul