Vincent de Paul Quotes About Wisdom

Quotes about: Wisdom

• A doctor who keeps a person from becoming ill deserves more merit than one who cures him.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Deserve More, Doctors

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

• Naturally, everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands, and by the most amiable corrections as well, if they are frequent, immoderate, or given inappropriately.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Disheartened, Given

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

• We should take as a maxim never to be surprised at current difficulties, no more than at a passing breeze, because with a little patience we shall see them disappear. Time changes everything.

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  Wisdom, Littles, Disappear

• Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Roots, Tree

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

• There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.

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  Wisdom, Encounters, Doe

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

• There are good, God-fearing persons who still fall into certain faults, and it is better to bear with them than to be hard on them.

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  Wisdom, Fall, Faults

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

• If the Company takes my advice, it will always be preserved through this maxim, for if we are good, we will not lack any, and if we are not, we already have too many houses anyway, and can hardly fill the few we have.

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  Wisdom, House, Advice

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

• ...a great good is worth being long desired.

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  Wisdom, Long

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

• . . . [A]s a rule, the most learned persons do not produce the greatest results. We see that only too often.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Learned Person, Results

• Remember the maxim of the Romans which states that by union and counsel we can achieve anything.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Unions, Remember

• I cannot think of the results of your labors without shame at the little we do.

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  Wisdom, Thinking, Littles

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

• Just as stinginess is blameworthy, so is facility in paying more for things than they are worth...

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Faults, Stinginess

  "Correspondence Conference Documents".

• Scandal often does as much harm to the listeners as to those who devise it, even if it were to do no other harm than disturb the mind, as it does, and give rise to temptations to speak or write about it to others.

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  Wisdom, Writing, Giving

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

• [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.

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  Wisdom, Giving, Wish

• Peace is never so complete that we may not have something to suffer. . . . Since it is impossible to please all of [those you serve], they offer you the occasion for practices which increase your merit in the measure that you make them meritorious by your patience.

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  Wisdom, Practice, Suffering

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

• ... I am sure that you are the first to do what you teach them.

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  Wisdom, Firsts, Teach

• Naturally, everyone loves his freedom, but we must beware of this as of a broad road that leads to perdition.

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  Wisdom, One Love, Broads

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

• Do not be afraid of undertaking too much of what you can do without coming and going; but fear only the thought of doing more than you are doing and more than God is giving you the means to do.

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  Wisdom, Mean, Giving

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

• Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions; in addition, God rewards it even in this life.

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  Wisdom, Rewards, This Life

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

• It is not easy to find perfect men in whom there is nothing to criticize.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Men, Perfect

• . . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.

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  Wisdom, May, Today

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

• Indeed, good is not good if one does not suffer in doing it.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Suffering, Doe

• I am determined, even if they throw mud in my face, never to show any resentment, nor break with them, nor deviate from the esteem and honor I owe them in the sight of God. If they forget themselves and say or do something offensive against your little bark, even if it is done purposely to make it sink, bear with it for the love of God, who will save you from shipwreck and calm the storm. Do not complain or even say a single work about it. In spite of everything, continue to compliment them when you meet, as if nothing were amiss.

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  Wisdom, Sight, Honor

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

• [I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how to find a bittersweet remark when it is needed!

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Needs, Littles

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Saint Louise de Marillac, Frances Ryan, John E. Rybolt (1995). “Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac: Rules, Conferences, and Writings”, p.157, Paulist Press

• ...it is difficult to master one's feelings and be exact in everything in the midst of many affairs

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Feelings, Affair

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

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