We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESYou 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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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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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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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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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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