Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESBe who you are and do that well.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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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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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
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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.
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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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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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Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
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