Don’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESOne single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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You learn to love by loving.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?
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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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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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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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He who complains, sins.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
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