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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESEvery vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be a profound confidence in Him, and you shall sail prosperously.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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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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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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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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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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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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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
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Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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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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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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