During the night we must wait for the light.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESFriendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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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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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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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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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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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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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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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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Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
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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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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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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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What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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