We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESStrive to see God in all things without exception. Do not smother yourself…If you start smothering yourself with a host of cares and longings and wishes … you will be disabling yourself from serving God with all your heart.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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Friendship requires great communication.
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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.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
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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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By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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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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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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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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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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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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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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