Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESHe who complains, sins.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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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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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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Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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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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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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Be who you are and do that well.
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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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Be who you are and be that well.
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Friendship requires great communication.
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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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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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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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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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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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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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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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