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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

St Francis De Sales

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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Holy Life Live Ourselves Virtue Work
God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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God Himself Person Present Work
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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Bright Grace Ourselves
We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
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Choice Evil Freedom Goodness Ourselves
Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
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God Heart Prayer Yourself
There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Soft Strength Strong True
Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Angry Animal Sight
What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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Love Need Ocean Patience Understand
Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Courage Imperfection Lose Yourself
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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Give Up God Lose Ourselves Soul True Unity
The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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Greatness Prayer Religious
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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Confidence God Prosperity Resolution Yourself
A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.
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God Head Heart Memories Ourselves Repeat Word
There is nothing small in the service of God.
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God Service Small Value
Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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Charity Cook Sweet Taste Truth
If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.
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Angry Artificial Gentle Glow Humility Nature Proud Reality

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