Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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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He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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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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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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All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
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Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.
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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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Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
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Be who you are and do that well.
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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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All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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