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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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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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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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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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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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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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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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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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It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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