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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.

St Francis De Sales

Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
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Angry Enemy Exception Ourselves Scream Soul
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Gentle Reality Strength Strong
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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Himself Person Presence Value Work
Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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God Greatness Oneself Service Surround
Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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Determination God Simplicity
Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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Anxiety Doubt Meditation Peace
You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Attraction Choice Yourself
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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Construction Fall Gentle Human Mindset Resistance Side Soft
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
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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Calm Hurry Quiet Spirit World Yourself
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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Contradict Difficult Gentle Time
Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Beginning Break Friendship
We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
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Bright Grace Ourselves
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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Balance God Hard Heart Purity Willing Work
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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Calm Compare Hurry Lose Peace Soul Spirit
A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.
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God Head Heart Memories Ourselves Repeat Word

Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.

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