Be who you are and do that well.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESAll the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
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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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You learn to love by loving.
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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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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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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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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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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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
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