Be who you are and do that well.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESDon’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be a profound confidence in Him, and you shall sail prosperously.
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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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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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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Strive 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.
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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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Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.
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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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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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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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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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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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