You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESBe not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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Don’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.
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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.
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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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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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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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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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