Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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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.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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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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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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Be who you are and be that well.
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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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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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