St. Vincent Quotes

[E]ven if the whole world should rise up to destroy us, nothing will happen except that God, in whom we have put our hope, will allow.

There are good, God-fearing persons who still fall into certain faults, and it is better to bear with them than to be hard on them.

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Great things do not just happen by impulse, but as a succession of small things linked together.

Life is not lost by dying! Life is lost, Minute by minute, day by dragging day, In all the thousand, small, uncaring ways...

Good guys need to be a little dirty otherwise they're just boring.

Practice humility and patience.

Jesus is not a memory. He is an actual, contemporary, reachable Person. He is the living Christ, who has the power to enter into people's lives and change and lift them up.

Let us be submissive to Providence, He will see to our affairs in His own time and in His own way

One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

The great artist is the simplifier.

Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare, And left the flushed print in a poppy there. I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one.

I believe in the power of Jesus Christ to resolve any difficulty, to remove any weakness, to heal any disease.

Describing Starry Night: Firmament and planets both disappeared, but the mighty breath which gives life to all things and in which all is bound up remained.

Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person.

Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.

The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love, as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning.

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe.

The only person standing in your way is you.

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.

The large majority of people are asleep and do not wish to wake up.

Thoughts and words form your mental image. And since we become what we picture be sure your thoughts and words express prosperity and blessing rather than poverty and defeat.

I know what I like—I like art—and I like what I know.

Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.

To be successful is to be helpful, caring and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better.

Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way.

Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.

I hope I shall be able to make some drawings in which there is something human.

The great secret of getting what you want from life is to know whay you want and believe you can have it. Always do something for others, then ask God to help you get at it.

Beauty never slumbers; All is in her name; But the rose remembers The dust from which it came.

I am always doing what I can't do yet in order to learn how to do it.

You can't escape from what you are.

The secret of the law of abundance is this: In order to receive and appreciate the good things of life, you must first give.

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism and humbug, and we shall want to live more musically.

I love humanity but I hate people.

I must continue to follow the path I take now. If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. That is how I look at it - keep going, keep going come what may.

Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat him.

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.

What's important about an actor is his acting, not his life.

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.

Naturally, everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands, and by the most amiable corrections as well, if they are frequent, immoderate, or given inappropriately.

In my opinion I do not think I am a better guitarist than Ace, I honestly think we're both different, and we both brought something unique to the musical.