Wisdom of Saint Jean-Marie Vianney

"For an undertaking to be pleasing to God, it must fulfill three conditions: it must be sincere, selfless, and persevering."

--Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, sermon "On False and True Goodness," in Sermons du Curé d'Ars, 4 vols, ed. by the Most Rev. Dom Marie-Augustin Delaroche, 1925.