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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESLet 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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.
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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Be who you are and do that well.
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You learn to love by loving.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
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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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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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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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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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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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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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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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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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He who complains, sins.
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Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.
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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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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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