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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.

St Francis De Sales

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
Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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God Greatness Oneself Service Surround
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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Learning Love Ourselves Study Talk Thinking
Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Angry Animal Sight
Be who you are and do that well.
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Be Yourself Original Self Love
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Notice Persistence Progress True
Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Breathe Easy God Heart
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
I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Disturb Heart Talk Tongue
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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Angry Enemy Exception Ourselves Scream Soul
Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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Evil Fear Greatness
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
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
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
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Calm Hurry Quiet Spirit World Yourself
Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
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Angel Present See Yourself
Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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Foundation Humor

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