The whole world is not worth one soul.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESBe who you are and be that well.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?
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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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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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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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Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
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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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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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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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Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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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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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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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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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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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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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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