True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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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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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.
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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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What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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Be who you are and do that well.
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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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By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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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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