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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.

St Francis De Sales

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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Care God Heart See Start Strive Yourself
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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Learning Love Ourselves Study Talk Thinking
While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Busy Greatness Myself Small Value
By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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Forever God Life Yourself
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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Confidence God Prosperity Resolution Yourself
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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Born Desire Insult Patience
Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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Courage Imperfection Lose Yourself
Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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God Greatness Oneself Service Surround
Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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Foundation Humor
Friendship requires great communication.
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Communication Friendship Greatness
We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Bright Grace Ourselves
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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Contradict Difficult Gentle Time
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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Beginning Earth Endurance Heaven Hope Love True
We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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Himself Person Presence Value Work
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Gentle Reality Strength Strong
There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Artificial Desire Goodness Simplicity

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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