One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWe must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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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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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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Be who you are and do that well.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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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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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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