Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWork hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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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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We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
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You learn to love by loving.
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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
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