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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.

St Francis De Sales

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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Holy Life Live Ourselves Virtue Work
Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.
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Courage Heart Imperfection Patience Rise
Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Patience Yourself
Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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Busy Exception Himself Need Prayer
Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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Determination God Simplicity
You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Attraction Choice Yourself
Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
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Balance God Hard Heart Purity Willing Work
Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
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God Heart Prayer Yourself
Be who you are and do that well.
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Be Yourself Original Self Love
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.
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Give Up God Lose Ourselves Soul True Unity
Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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Esteem Humility Man Ourselves
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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Confidence God Prosperity Resolution Yourself
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
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
Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.
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Beginning Earth Endurance Heaven Hope Love True
Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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Busy Day Exception Meditation Need

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.

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