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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESAll 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
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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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He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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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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You learn to love by loving.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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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 judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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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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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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