--- title: "14 May Quotes By Vincent de Paul" description: "14 May quotes by Vincent de Paul. Plus more from Vincent de Paul and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/vincent-de-paul-1676_divine_our-lord-is-pleased-to-deprive-us-of-tem_2218831.png" --- > [Our Lord is pleased to deprive us of temporal goods; may it please His Divine Goodness to give us spiritual ones!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/our-lord-is-pleased-to-deprive-us-of-temporal-goods-may-it-please-his/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/vincent-de-paul-1676_divine_our-lord-is-pleased-to-deprive-us-of-tem_2218831.png) > [ . . . \[T\]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/t-hose-persons-who-console-you-today-may-humiliate-you-tomorrow/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a05/vincent-de-paul-1676_console_t-hose-persons-who-console-you-today-may_1242925.png) > [In the name of God, Monsieur, let us not be so little attached to God's service that we yield to a useless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/in-the-name-of-god-monsieur-let-us-not-be-so-little-attached-to-god-s/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/vincent-de-paul-1676_abandon_in-the-name-of-god-monsieur-let-us-not-b_1030579.png) > [We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/we-should-strive-to-keep-our-hearts-open-to-the-sufferings-and/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/vincent-de-paul-1676_compassion_we-should-strive-to-keep-our-hearts-open_713457.png) > [Man's condition is never the same; he is humbled, then exalted; sometimes at peace, sometimes persecuted; enlightened today and plunged into darkness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/man-s-condition-is-never-the-same-he-is-humbled-then-exalted/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/vincent-de-paul-1676_be-prepared_man-s-condition-is-never-the-same-he-is_1849914.jpg) > [May God be pleased to make it known to you, and fill you increasingly with His Spirit, so that through you it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/may-god-be-pleased-to-make-it-known-to-you-and-fill-you-increasingly/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/vincent-de-paul-1676_faith_may-god-be-pleased-to-make-it-known-to-y_3148751.png) > [If you grant asylum to so many refugees, your house may be sacked sooner by the soldiers; I see that clearly. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/if-you-grant-asylum-to-so-many-refugees-your-house-may-be-sacked/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/vincent-de-paul-1676_asylum_if-you-grant-asylum-to-so-many-refugees_853960.png) > [Peace is never so complete that we may not have something to suffer. . . . Since it is impossible to please…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/peace-is-never-so-complete-that-we-may-not-have-something-to-suffer/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/vincent-de-paul-1676_impossible_peace-is-never-so-complete-that-we-may-n_1472681.png) > [ \[T\]hese losses of the Church in the past hundred years give us reason to fear in the present misfortune that in another… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/t-hese-losses-of-the-church-in-the-past-hundred-years-give-us-reason/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/vincent-de-paul-1676_blessed_t-hese-losses-of-the-church-in-the-past_2035339.png) > [I beg Our Lord, Monsieur, that we may be able to die to ourselves in order to rise with Him, that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/i-beg-our-lord-monsieur-that-we-may-be-able-to-die-to-ourselves-in/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/vincent-de-paul-1676_able_i-beg-our-lord-monsieur-that-we-may-be-a_2313543.png) > [It is a ruse of the devil, by which he deceives good people, to induce them to do more than they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/it-is-a-ruse-of-the-devil-by-which-he-deceives-good-people-to-induce/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21b/vincent-de-paul-1676_able_it-is-a-ruse-of-the-devil-by-which-he-de_2698059.png) > [God often delays the conclusion of a holy endeavor so that those involved in it might merit its grace by the length…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/god-often-delays-the-conclusion-of-a-holy-endeavor-so-that-those/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/vincent-de-paul-1676_conclusion_god-often-delays-the-conclusion-of-a-hol_2270048.png) > [I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/i-know-well-monsieur-how-much-you-have-to-endure-in-your-present-duty/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/vincent-de-paul-1676_acquire_i-know-well-monsieur-how-much-you-have-t_33630.png) > [You say you are not happy in the Mission. That, in itself, is not a sign that God does not want you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/you-say-you-are-not-happy-in-the-mission-that-in-itself-is-not-a-sign/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/vincent-de-paul-1676_agitation_you-say-you-are-not-happy-in-the-mission_1986182.jpg) ## Other authors on May ## More by Vincent de Paul > [I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/i-know-well-monsieur-how-much-you-have-to-endure-in-your-present-duty/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [...it is difficult to master one's feelings and be exact in everything in the midst of many affairs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/it-is-difficult-to-master-one-s-feelings-and-be-exact-in-everything/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [ . . . . \[P\]ersons who love very much, easily take offense at trifles. No doubt your excessive affection for me makes you a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/p-ersons-who-love-very-much-easily-take-offense-at-trifles-no-doubt/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [ \[I\]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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/i-f-the-gentleness-of-your-spirit-needs-a-dash-of-vinegar-borrow-a/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [If, in order to succeed in an enterprise, I were obliged to choose between fifty deer commanded by a lion, and fifty lions commanded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/if-in-order-to-succeed-in-an-enterprise-i-were-obliged-to-choose/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [If we divested ourselves, once and for all, of all self-will, we would then be in a position of being sure of doing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/if-we-divested-ourselves-once-and-for-all-of-all-self-will-we-would/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/never-betray-his-principles-for-any-reason-whatsoever-and-take-great/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [In God's name, Monsieur, let us remain indifferent; let us strive to be equally attached to whatever obedience marks out for us, be it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/in-god-s-name-monsieur-let-us-remain-indifferent-let-us-strive-to-be/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [To this end, we should help and support one another and strive for peace and union among ourselves. This is the wine that cheers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/to-this-end-we-should-help-and-support-one-another-and-strive-for/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [It is not easy to find perfect men in whom there is nothing to criticize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/it-is-not-easy-to-find-perfect-men-in-whom-there-is-nothing-to/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [In the name of Our Lord, Monsieur, do all you can to regain your health and take good care of it so that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/in-the-name-of-our-lord-monsieur-do-all-you-can-to-regain-your-health/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/the-most-powerful-weapon-to-conquer-the-devil-is-humility-for-as-he/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [Let each of us accept the truth of the following statement and try to make it our most fundamental principle: Christ's teaching will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/let-each-of-us-accept-the-truth-of-the-following-statement-and-try-to/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [ \[I\]t is the maxim of the saints that when a matter has been decided in the presence of God after many prayers and the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/i-t-is-the-maxim-of-the-saints-that-when-a-matter-has-been-decided-in/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) > [ . . . \[T\]hese \[ideas\] are only suggestions of the evil spirit who, to jeopardize your salvation, suggests to you extraordinary works that are… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/t-hese-ideas-are-only-suggestions-of-the-evil-spirit-who-to/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/vincent-de-paul/#itemlist", "name": "14 May Quotes By Vincent de Paul", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our Lord is pleased to deprive us of temporal goods; may it please His Divine Goodness to give us spiritual ones!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vincent de Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/our-lord-is-pleased-to-deprive-us-of-temporal-goods-may-it-please-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/vincent-de-paul-1676_divine_our-lord-is-pleased-to-deprive-us-of-tem_2218831.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/vincent-de-paul-1676_divine_our-lord-is-pleased-to-deprive-us-of-tem_2218831.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/vincent-de-paul-1676_divine_our-lord-is-pleased-to-deprive-us-of-tem_2218831.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our Lord is pleased to deprive us of temporal goods; may it please His Divine Goodness to give us spiritual…” — Vincent de Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": ". . . 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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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vincent de Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/peace-is-never-so-complete-that-we-may-not-have-something-to-suffer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/vincent-de-paul-1676_impossible_peace-is-never-so-complete-that-we-may-n_1472681.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/vincent-de-paul-1676_impossible_peace-is-never-so-complete-that-we-may-n_1472681.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/vincent-de-paul-1676_impossible_peace-is-never-so-complete-that-we-may-n_1472681.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Peace is never so complete that we may not have something to suffer. . . . 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So, keeping this fear in mind, blessed are those who cooperate in extending the Church elsewhere.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vincent de Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/t-hese-losses-of-the-church-in-the-past-hundred-years-give-us-reason/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/vincent-de-paul-1676_blessed_t-hese-losses-of-the-church-in-the-past_2035339.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/vincent-de-paul-1676_blessed_t-hese-losses-of-the-church-in-the-past_2035339.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/vincent-de-paul-1676_blessed_t-hese-losses-of-the-church-in-the-past_2035339.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[T]hese losses of the Church in the past hundred years give us reason to fear in the present misfortune that…” — Vincent de Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I beg Our Lord, Monsieur, that we may be able to die to ourselves in order to rise with Him, that he may be the joy of your heart, the end and soul of your actions, and your glory in heaven. This will come to pass if, from now on, we humble ourselves as He humbled Himself, if we renounce our own satisfaction to follow Him by carrying our little crosses, and if we give our lives willingly, as He gave His, for our neighbor whom He loves so much and whom He wants us to love as ourselves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vincent de Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/i-beg-our-lord-monsieur-that-we-may-be-able-to-die-to-ourselves-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/vincent-de-paul-1676_able_i-beg-our-lord-monsieur-that-we-may-be-a_2313543.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/vincent-de-paul-1676_able_i-beg-our-lord-monsieur-that-we-may-be-a_2313543.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/vincent-de-paul-1676_able_i-beg-our-lord-monsieur-that-we-may-be-a_2313543.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I beg Our Lord, Monsieur, that we may be able to die to ourselves in order to rise with Him, that he may be…” — Vincent de Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is a ruse of the devil, by which he deceives good people, to induce them to do more than they are able, so that they end up not being able to do anything. The spirit of God urges one gently to do the good that can be done reasonably, so that it may be done perseveringly and for a long time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vincent de Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/it-is-a-ruse-of-the-devil-by-which-he-deceives-good-people-to-induce/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21b/vincent-de-paul-1676_able_it-is-a-ruse-of-the-devil-by-which-he-de_2698059.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21b/vincent-de-paul-1676_able_it-is-a-ruse-of-the-devil-by-which-he-de_2698059.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21b/vincent-de-paul-1676_able_it-is-a-ruse-of-the-devil-by-which-he-de_2698059.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is a ruse of the devil, by which he deceives good people, to induce them to do more than they are able…” — Vincent de Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God often delays the conclusion of a holy endeavor so that those involved in it might merit its grace by the length of the work, their patience, and their prayers. This is why I beg you not to grow weary in yours. 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It is in such circumstances that we acquire virtue; where there is no suffering, there is little merit. My wish is that God may grant us great indifference with regard to duties. 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