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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.

St Francis De Sales

A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Better Charity Silence Truth
Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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Fly Patience Walk Wings Yourself
A 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.
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God Head Heart Memories Ourselves Repeat Word
To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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Live Love Spirit
Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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Desire God Great Strong
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
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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Choice Evil Freedom Goodness Ourselves
I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Disturb Heart Talk Tongue
There is nothing small in the service of God.
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God Service Small Value
There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Soft Strength Strong True
Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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God Greatness Oneself Service Surround
By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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Beginning Eyes God Meditation Presence Soul
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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Calm Compare Hurry Lose Peace Soul Spirit
There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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Beginning Better Spiritual
You learn to love by loving.
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Learning Love One Liner
It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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Beginning End Himself Move On

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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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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