In 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 PaulFurthermore, 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 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.
Vincent de Paul