Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESEvery Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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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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Friendship requires great communication.
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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?
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Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
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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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One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
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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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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
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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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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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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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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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He who complains, sins.
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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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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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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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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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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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
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