One rarely does well what one rarely does.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESEvery 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
-
-
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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES -
A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES -
The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES -
Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES -
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES -
Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES -
Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES -
It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES -
The whole world is not worth one soul.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES -
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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES -
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 SALES -
To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES -
Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES -
There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES -
Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES