Saint Francis de Sales Quotes

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• Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day. Either He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, then, put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations, and say continually: 'The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart has trusted in Him and I am helped. He is not only with me but in me and I in Him.'

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  Father, Heart, Anxious Thoughts

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• 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.

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  Mistake, Creative, Triumph

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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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  Ocean, Understanding, Saint

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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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  Evil, Worry, Anxiety

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• Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

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  Littles, Serving God, Christian Service

  Saint Francis de Sales, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]”, p.295, Catholic Way Publishing

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• Do everything calmly and peacefully. Do as much as you can as well as you can. Strive to see God in all things without exception, and consent to His will joyously. Do everything for God, uniting yourself to him in word and deed. Walk very simply with the Cross of the Lord and be at peace with yourself.

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  Faith, Inspiration, Catholic

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• Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

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  Meditation, Essentials, Each Day

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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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  Light, Sun, Rays

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• 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.

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  Faith, Mistake, Inspiration

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• Do not look forward to the changes and chances of this life in fear; rather look to them with full hope that, as they arise, God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them. He is your keeper. He has kept you hitherto. Do you but hold fast to his dear hand, and he will lead you safely through all things; and, when you cannot stand, he will bear you in his arms. Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow. Our Father will either shield you from suffering, or he will give you strength to bear it.

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  Hope, Father, Hands

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• Be who you are and be that well.

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  Be Who You Are, Wells, Who You Are

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• 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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  Spiritual, Peace, Upset

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• Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

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  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

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• I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

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  Heart, Tongue, Speak

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• It is not those who commit the least faults who are the most holy, but those who have the greatest courage, the greatest generosity, the greatest love, who make the boldest efforts to overcome themselves, and are not immediately apprehensive about tripping.

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  Courage, Generosity, Effort

  Saint Francis de Sales, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]”, p.2584, Catholic Way Publishing

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• There is nothing small in the service of God.

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  Saint Francis de Sales, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]”, p.3895, Catholic Way Publishing

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• Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.

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  Prayer, Heart, Thinking

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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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  Spiritual, Way, Should

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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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  Appreciation, Should, Workmen

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• God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.

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  Giving, Suffering, Shields

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• Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.

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  Morning, Catholic, Soul

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• A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.

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  Silence, Charity, Silence Is

  Saint Francis de Sales, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]”, p.27, Catholic Way Publishing

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• We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God. If at times we are somewhat stunned by the tempest, never fear. Let us take breath, and go on afresh.

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  Trust, Heart, Long

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• There are many who want me to tell them of secret ways of becoming perfect and I can only tell them that the sole secret is a hearty love of God, and the only way of attaining that love is by loving. 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 God and man by loving. Begin as a mere apprentice and the very power of love will lead you on to become a master of the art.

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  Running, Art, Love Is

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• God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.

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  Workmen, Persons, Despised

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