Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESEvery vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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You learn to love by loving.
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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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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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Don’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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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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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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By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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