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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESHave patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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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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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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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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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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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
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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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Be who you are and do that well.
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What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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