Quotes from St. John Vianney

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.

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.

You must accept your cross; if you bear it courageously it will carry you to heaven.

Our sins are nothing but a grain of sand along the great mountain of the mercy of God.