Strive to see God in all things without exception. Do not smother yourself…If you start smothering yourself with a host of cares and longings and wishes … you will be disabling yourself from serving God with all your heart.
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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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Strive to see God in all things without exception. Do not smother yourself…If you start smothering yourself with a host of cares and longings and wishes … you will be disabling yourself from serving God with all your heart.
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Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.
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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Friendship requires great communication.
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We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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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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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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He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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