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 SALESTruly 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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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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Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
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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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You learn to love by loving.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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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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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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