St Francis De Sales on complaint
St Francis De Sales91 quotes“It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.”
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales God takes pleasure to see you take your little steps; and like a good father who holds his child by the hand, He will accommodate His steps to yours and will be content to go no faster than you. Why do you worry?
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be a profound confidence in Him, and you shall sail prosperously.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales The whole world is not worth one soul.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Be who you are and be that well.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales He who complains, sins.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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I have for myself no conceivable complaint to make, and yet for American literature in general, and its standing in a country where industrialism and finance and science flourish and the only arts that are vital and respected are architecture and the film, I have a considerable complaint.
Sinclair LewisSinclair Lewis So many complaints boil down to the belly ache of the fragile, mortal, ignored ego in a vast and indifferent universe.
Alain de BottonAlain de Botton There has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see what the outcome of the counting is.
Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani I stopped complaining about things I didn’t have, and poured gratitude for what I did. Life became lighter and more fulfilling. Desire didn’t hold onto me like it earlier did. Happiness filled in like light, and life started to feel like a blessing.
Shruthi SagarShruthi Sagar Always bring money along with your complaints.
PlautusPlautus Complaint is a prayer to the devil.
Michael BeckwithMichael Beckwith When we shift from negatively complaining to positively affirming, conditions change. Then complaining is no longer the operative law in our life-freedom is.
Michael BeckwithMichael Beckwith Philosophy consists mostly of kicking up a lot of dust and then complaining that you can’t see anything.
Gottfried LeibnizGottfried Leibniz