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 SALESBe who you are and do that well.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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You learn to love by loving.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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Friendship requires great communication.
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Be who you are and do that well.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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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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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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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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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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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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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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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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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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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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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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