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 SALESFaith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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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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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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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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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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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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What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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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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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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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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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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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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