Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESIf, 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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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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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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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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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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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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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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Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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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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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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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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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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