Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESFear is a greater evil than evil itself.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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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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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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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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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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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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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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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 who you are and do that well.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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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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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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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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By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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