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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESEvery vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
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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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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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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.
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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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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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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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