Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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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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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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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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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.
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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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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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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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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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