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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

St Francis De Sales

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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Attraction Choice Yourself
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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Accommodation Children Fast God Hands Happiness Hold Yourself
Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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Esteem Humility Man Ourselves
I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Disturb Heart Talk Tongue
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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Give Up God Lose Ourselves Soul True Unity
It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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Complaint Greatness Imperfection
Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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Courage Imperfection Lose Yourself
One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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Devotion Life World Worth
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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Gentle Himself Pain Peace Perfection Preserve
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Gentle Reality Strength Strong
God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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Failure God Strength Suffering Yourself
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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Holy Life Live Ourselves Virtue Work
Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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Care God Health Service
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Notice Persistence Progress True
Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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Fly Patience Walk Wings Yourself
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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Born Desire Insult Patience
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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Balance God Hard Heart Purity Willing Work
If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.
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Angry Artificial Gentle Glow Humility Nature Proud Reality
Be who you are and do that well.
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Be Yourself Original Self Love
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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Learning Love Ourselves Study Talk Thinking
The whole world is not worth one soul.
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Oneself Soul Value World Worth
It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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Beginning End Himself Move On
Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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Evil Fear Greatness
A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Better Charity Silence Truth
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
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Calm Hurry Quiet Spirit World Yourself
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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Choice Evil Freedom Goodness Ourselves
Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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Busy Day Exception Meditation Need

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