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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.

St Francis De Sales

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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Care God Heart See Start Strive Yourself
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
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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Beginning Eyes God Meditation Presence Soul
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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Care Father God Misery Yourself
Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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Busy Exception Himself Need Prayer
He who complains, sins.
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Complaint Himself Win
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
There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Soft Strength Strong True
All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
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Himself Science Suffering
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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Bright Faith God Light Sun
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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Advantage Confession Life Order Spiritual
Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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Fools Himself Hold Man Wisdom
Friendship requires great communication.
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Communication Friendship Greatness
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Notice Persistence Progress True
We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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Deep Fear God Love Religious
God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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Failure God Strength Suffering Yourself

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