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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESTake care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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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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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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Friendship requires great communication.
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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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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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You learn to love by loving.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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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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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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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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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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