Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESA heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
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Don’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
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Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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He who complains, sins.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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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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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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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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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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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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During the night we must wait for the light.
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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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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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All 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.
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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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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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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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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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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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