Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESBe who you are and do that well.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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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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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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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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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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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.
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All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
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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 a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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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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