Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESDon’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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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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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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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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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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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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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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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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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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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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Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?
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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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