Advantage Quote by Vincent de Paul

Resignation is putting God between ourselves and our troubles

— Anne Sophie Swetchine

It is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing, instead of…

— George Eliot

In the highest class of God's school of suffering we learn not resignation nor patience, but rejoicing in tribulation.

— John H. Vincent

God loves us too much to leave us in the hell of unhappiness that comes from trying to do his job. Into the slavish…

— Tullian Tchividjian

God often delays the conclusion of a holy endeavor so that those involved in it might merit its grace by the length of the…

— Vincent de Paul

“The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify…

— Thomas Jefferson

As the reflections of our pride upon our defects are bitter, disheartening, and vexatious, so the return of the soul towards God is peaceful…

— Francois Fenelon

This feeling of helplessness in us has arisen from our deliberate dismissal of God from our common affairs.

— Mahatma Gandhi

We have a God who loves us. We are in the palm of his hand. He doesn't leave us, and He doesn't forsake us.

— Frank Peretti

God, having placed good and evil in our power, has given us full freedom of choice; He does not keep back the unwilling, but…

— John Chrysostom

The Love-god inflames more fiercely those he sees are reluctant to surrender.

— Tibullus

God often does His best work in us when He catches us by surprise and introduces a change that is completely against our own…

— Charles R. Swindoll