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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
Have patience with every one, but especially with yourself (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
Pride dies 20 minutes after death (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
Be who you are and do that well (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
The Lord delights in every little step you take (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
In everything, love simplicity (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
Do not wish to be anything except what you are (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
So many have come to me that I might serve them, leaving me no time to think of myself. However, I assure you that I do feel deep down within me, God be praised (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
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? (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
Have patience with all things - but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You are perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
When the bee has gathered the dew of heaven and the earth’s sweetest nectar from the flowers, it turns it into honey, then hastens to its hive. In the same way, the priest, having taken from the altar the Son of God (who is as the dew from heaven, and true son of Mary, flower of our humanity), gives him to you as delicious food (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
The Prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of his sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. Make sickness itself a prayer, for there is none more powerful, save martyrdom! (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
Don’t get upset with your imperfections. It’s a great mistake because it leads nowhere - to get angry because you are angry, upset at being upset, depressed at being depressed, disappointed because you are disappointed. So don’t fool yourself. Simply surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is always greater than our weakness (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
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. (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
Faith fills a man with love for the beauty of its truth, with faith in the truth of its beauty (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
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. (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
Through devotion, your family cares become more peaceful, mutual love between husband and wife becomes more sincere, the service we owe to the prince more faithful, and our work, no matter what it is, becomes more pleasant and agreeable. (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
There are many who say to the Lord, I give myself wholly to Thee, without any reserve, but there are few who embrace the practice of this abandonment, which consists in receiving with a certain indifference every sort of event, as it happens in conformity with Divine Providence, as well afflictions as consolations, contempt and reproaches as honor and glory. (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining in tranquility, humility, and devotion, entirely conformed and submissive to His divine will and good pleasure. (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom. (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them. (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it, and their mouths full of its praises. (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew. (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God. (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
There is nothing small in the service of God (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)
Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections (Saint Francis De Sales Quotes)