In this way, through experience they will be formed adequately, will be encouraged, and will be capable of rendering service to God.
Vincent de PaulWhat you are saying is true of those who want everything to give way to them, nothing to oppose them, everything to go their way, people to obey them without comment or delay and, in a manner of speaking, to be adored.
Vincent de PaulYou say you experience great difficulty in the mission. Alas! Monsieur, there is no lot in life where there is nothing to be endured.
Vincent de PaulGod 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.
Vincent de Paul