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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESTrue progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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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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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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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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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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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Friendship requires great communication.
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Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.
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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.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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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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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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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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He who complains, sins.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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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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For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.
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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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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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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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