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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESGreat occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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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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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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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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During the night we must wait for the light.
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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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Be who you are and do that well.
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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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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Friendship requires great communication.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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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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