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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.

St Francis De Sales

There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Soft Strength Strong True
While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Busy Greatness Myself Small Value
By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Forever God Life Yourself
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
Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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Patience Yourself
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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Gentle Himself Pain Peace Perfection Preserve
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
Friendship requires great communication.
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Communication Friendship Greatness
To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Give Up God Lose Ourselves Soul True Unity
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Be Yourself Perfection Self Love Try
What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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Love Need Ocean Patience Understand
Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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God Greatness Oneself Service Surround
Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.
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Advantage Confession Life Order Spiritual
There is nothing small in the service of God.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

God Service Small Value
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
Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Angry Animal Sight

It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.

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