John Vianney > Quotes

“We must take great care never to do anything before having said our morning prayers...The Devil once declared that if he could have the first moment of the day, he was sure of all the rest.”
― St. John Vianney

“We are each of us like a small mirror in which God searches for His reflection”
― John Vianney

“All our religion is but a false religion, and all our virtues are mere illusions and we ourselves are only hypocrites in the sight of God, if we have not that universal charity for everyone--for the good, and for the bad, for the poor and for the rich, and for all those who do us harm as much as those who do us good.”
― St. John Vianney

“How good is our God! When we can no longer come to Him, He comes to us.”
― St John Vianney

“You must accept your cross; if you bear it courageously it will carry you to heaven.”
― St. John Vianney

“A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.”
― Saint John Vianney

“Our soul is like a garden in which the weeds are ever ready to choke the good plants and flowers that have been sown in it. If the gardener who has charge of this garden neglects it, if he is not continually using the spade and the hoe, the flowers and plants will soon disappear.”
― John Vianney

“Humility is to the various virtues what the chain is in a Rosary. Take away the chain and the beads are scattered; remove humility, and all virtues vanish.”
― St. John Vianney

“¿Sabéis cuál es la primera tentación que el demonio presenta a una persona que ha comenzado a servir mejor a Dios? Es el respeto humano. No se atreve a mostrarse en público, ocúltase de las personas con las cuales en otro tiempo había compartido sus placeres; si se le hace notar que ha cambiado mucho, ¡se avergüenza”
― John Vianney, Santo Cura de Ars : Sermones Selectos

“¡Ay, hermanos míos! con tanta repugnancia como ahora sentirnos en confesarnos, si, cinco minutos antes de aquel gran día, Dios nos concediese sacerdotes para confesar nuestros pecados, para que se nos borrasen, ¡ah! ¡con qué diligencia nos aprovecharíamos de esta gracia!”
― John Vianney, Santo Cura de Ars : Sermones Selectos

“Hemos de concluir que es necesario no perder jamás de vista que un día seremos juzgados sin misericordia, y que nuestros pecados se manifestarán a la vista del universo entero; y que, después de este juicio, si nos hallamos culpables de estos pecados, iremos a llorarlos en los infiernos, sin poder ni borrarlos, ni olvidarlos. ¡Oh!”
― John Vianney, Santo Cura de Ars : Sermones Selectos