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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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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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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What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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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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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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Friendship requires great communication.
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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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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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You learn to love by loving.
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