Let it be clear in all your relations with the children who are entrusted to you that you look upon yourself as a minister of God, acting with love, with a sincere and true zeal, accepting with much patience the difficulties you have to suffer. The zeal that inspires you is meant to give you these dispositions, recognising that it is God who called you, who has chosen you for this ministry, and who has sent you to work in his vineyard. Fulfill your ministry, then, with all the affection of your heart, working entirely for him.
–Saint John Baptiste de la Salle (1651-1719)