Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESStrive to see God in all things without exception. Do not smother yourself…If you start smothering yourself with a host of cares and longings and wishes … you will be disabling yourself from serving God with all your heart.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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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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If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.
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One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
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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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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.
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Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
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