Vincent de Paul Quotes

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• Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .

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  God, Helping Others, Community

  Vincent De Paul (1990). “Correspondence Conference Documents”, New City Pr

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• If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.

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  Heart, Mere, Ifs

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• We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.

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  Prayer, Thank God, Asking

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• We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.

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  Heart, Compassion, People

  Saint Vincent De Paul (2013). “Some Counsels Of S. Vincent De Paul : To Which Is Appended The Thoughts Of Mademoiselle Le Gras”, p.10, Read Books Ltd

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• I will always welcome joyfully any opportunity that comes my way to be of service to you

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  Leadership, Opportunity, Way

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

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• We must love our neighbor as being made in the image of God and as an object of His love.

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  Love, Christian, Saint

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• God allows us to give rise to the practice of two beautiful virtues: perseverance, which leads us to attain the goal, and constancy, which helps us to overcome difficulties.

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  Beautiful, Perseverance, Practice

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• Noise makes no good, good makes no noise.

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  Noise

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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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  Humble, Patient, Duty

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

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• Let us allow God to act; He brings things to completion when we least expect it.

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  Faith, Completion

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”

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• All beginnings are somewhat strange; but we must have patience, and little by little, we shall find things, which at first were obscure, becoming clearer.

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  Littles, Firsts, Becoming

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• With God's help, you will continue to succeed in your leadership and in your duties, because Our Lord's work is accomplished not so much by the multitude of workers as by the fidelity of the small number whom He calls.

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  Faith, Small Numbers, Succeed

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1992). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

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• The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it.

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  Christian, Powerful, Humility

  "A Year with the Saints" by P. J. Kenedy, (p. 47), 1891.

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• Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.

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  Life, Kindness, Compassion

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• Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.

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  Truth, Lying, Humility

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• Put your trust in Him and following His example, always act humbly, graciously, and in good faith.

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  Example, Good Faith, Following

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

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• So, our vocation is to go, not just to one parish, not just to one diocese, but all over the world; and do what? To set people's hearts on fire, to do what the Son of God did. He came to set the world on fire in order to inflame it with His love.

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  Heart, Son, Fire

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• All comes at the proper time to him who knows how to wait.

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  Inspirational, Waiting, Know How

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• We cannot better assure our eternal happiness than by living and dying in the service of the poor, in the arms of Providence, and with genuine renouncement of ourselves in order to follow Jesus Christ.

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  Jesus, Order, Dying

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1992). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

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• Fear not; calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon.

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  Wisdom, Storm, Calm

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

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• There is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can.

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  Justice, Charity, Permit

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1990). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)”

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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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  Faith, Jesus, Cheer

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

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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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  Faith, Giving, Effort

  Saint Vincent De Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: August 1646-March 1650”

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• And what are we doing if we are not doing God's Will?

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  Faith, Ifs, God's Will

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

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• It is a ruse of the devil, by which he deceives good people, to induce them to do more than they are able, so that they end up not being able to do anything. The spirit of God urges one gently to do the good that can be done reasonably, so that it may be done perseveringly and for a long time.

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  Faith, Long, People

  Saint Vincent de Paul (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: I. Correspondence. v. 1. 1607-1639”, BNA Books (Bureau of National Affairs)

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