On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
JOHN VIANNEYI thought a time would come when people would rout me out of Ars with sticks, when the Bishop would suspend me, and I should end my days in prison. I see, however, that I am not worthy of such a grace.
More John Vianney Quotes
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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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See, my children, a person who is in a state of sin is always sad. Whatever he does, he is weary and disgusted with every thing; while he who is at peace with God is always happy, always joyous. . . Oh, beautiful life! Oh, beautiful death!
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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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I thought a time would come when people would rout me out of Ars with sticks, when the Bishop would suspend me, and I should end my days in prison. I see, however, that I am not worthy of such a grace.
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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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The Devil writes down our sins – our Guardian Angel all our merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel’s book may be full, and the Devil’s empty.
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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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Our body is a vessel of corruption; it is meant for death and for the worms, nothing more! And yet we devote ourselves to satisfying it, rather than to enriching our soul, which is so great that we can conceive nothing greater – no, nothing, nothing!
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The virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.
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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.
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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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