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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESFlowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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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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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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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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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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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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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
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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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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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He who complains, sins.
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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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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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During the night we must wait for the light.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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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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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be a profound confidence in Him, and you shall sail prosperously.
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