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?
ST FRANCIS DE SALESHave 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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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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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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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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You learn to love by loving.
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?
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One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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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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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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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
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Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.
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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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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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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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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.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Friendship requires great communication.
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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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