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 PaulThe vine-stock bears fruit as long as it is attached to its stem; apart from that, no.
Vincent de PaulIn order to become soundly virtuous, it is advisable to make good practical resolutions concerning particular acts of the virtues and to be faithful in carrying the out afterwards. Without doing that, one is often virtuous only in one's imagination.
Vincent de PaulLet 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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