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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESHave patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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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.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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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 vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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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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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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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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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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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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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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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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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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