God takes pleasure to see you take your little steps; and like a good father who holds his child by the hand, He will accommodate His steps to yours and will be content to go no faster than you. Why do you worry?
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWe may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Strive 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.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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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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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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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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