We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESYou can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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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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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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You learn to love by loving.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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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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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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