Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESGod is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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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?
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.
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Don’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
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Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.
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Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.
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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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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.
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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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