Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES
ST FRANCIS DE SALES
St Francis De Sales on beginning
St Francis De Sales91 quotes“Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.”
More from St 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.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales In everything, love simplicity.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales
Original quotes
From our community writers
You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
Obehi Vessel A.Obehi Vessel A. I loved you as Icarus loved the sun- too close, too much.
David JonesDavid Jones We attract who our souls need to grow.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You’re my bad habit, on this dark planet, light up my world like stars, now they’re ashes.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Permanence is a wonderful magician. Now you see him, next he goes on to perform the greatest disappearing act of all time.
Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans You shined your light on all the things I’ve been trying so hard to hide.
CindyCindy You are the love I could never escape not that I would ever want to.
TMCTMC
Meet the writers
More on beginning
Life is a book that never ends. Chapters close, but not the book itself. The end of one physical incarnation is like the end of a chapter, on some level setting up the beginning of another.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle I love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything.
F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald No matter who you are or what your life has been like so far, the rest of your life’s journey can be different. With God’s help you can begin again.
Billy GrahamBilly Graham 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 I stepped into love with grace. I stepped out of love with grace. The beginning was beautiful. The ending was beautiful.
Alyce TaylorAlyce Taylor Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
Elbert HubbardElbert Hubbard